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    a crest. The mušḫuššu most famously appears on the Ishtar Gate of the city of Babylon, dating to the sixth century BCE. The form mušḫuššu is the Akkadian...
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    than the original, in Babylon in 2004 Mušḫuššu dragon in Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum, Ishtar Gate Mušḫuššu dragon in Istanbul, Ancient Orient Museum...
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    temple Esagila. His symbol is the spade and he is associated with the Mušḫuššu. By the 1st millennium BC, Marduk had become astrologically associated...
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    Mušḫuššu (sirrush) and aurochs on either side of the processional street. Ancient Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq....
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    of Gudea, circa 2100 BCE The "libation vase of Gudea" with the dragon Mušḫuššu, dedicated to Ningishzida, circa 2100 BCE (short chronology). The caduceus-like...
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    animals in Babylon: a contextual approach to the lion, the bull and the mušḫuššu". Iraq. 77: 215–224. doi:10.1017/irq.2015.17. Jackson, p. 109. Borowski...
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  • The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu...
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    Indo-European mythologies. Famous prototypical draconic creatures include the mušḫuššu of ancient Mesopotamia; Apep in Egyptian mythology; Vṛtra in the Rigveda;...
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    animal. Egyptian mythology List of hieroglyphs/C List of hieroglyphs/E Mušḫuššu Peribsen and Khasekhemwy—for the history of the Set animal mounted upon...
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    Hellenistic Period (323 BC–31 BC). This creature, known in Akkadian as the mušḫuššu, meaning "furious serpent", was used as a symbol for particular deities...
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    human and non-avian dinosaur coexistence have equated the Mesopotamian mušḫuššu, a legendary chimeric creature, with dinosaurs. Robert Koldewey, the discoverer...
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  • gods and the slayer of Tiamat, then was considered the ruler of all gods. Mušḫuššu A creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology found on Ishtar Gate. A...
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    ('Venomous Snake'), Ušumgallu ('Great Dragon'), Mušmaḫḫū ('Exalted Serpent'), Mušḫuššu ('Furious Snake'), Laḫmu (the 'Hairy One'), Ugallu (the 'Big Weather-Beast')...
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    (Chapter 13) Lotan, the seven-headed sea serpent or dragon of Ugaritic myths Mušḫuššu Therion (Thelema) The horse in Nordic mythology Revelation 16:13–16 Revelation...
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    The god Marduk and his dragon Mušḫuššu...
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    decorations are symbols of lions (associated with the goddess Ishtar) flowers, mušḫuššu (a mythological creature associated with the god Marduk) and oxen (associated...
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    Hellenistic Period (323 BC–31 BC). This creature, known in Akkadian as the mušḫuššu, meaning "furious serpent", was used as a symbol for particular deities...
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    The dragon Mušḫuššu on a vase of Gudea, circa 2100 BCE....
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  • Hellenistic period (323 BCE–31 BCE). This creature, known in Akkadian as the mušḫuššu, meaning "furious serpent", was used as a symbol for particular deities...
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    Late Assyrian seal. Worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, standing on their servant dragon Mušḫuššu, eighth century BCE....
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    Hadad, Leviathan and Yahweh, Tiamat and Marduk (see also Labbu, Bašmu, Mušḫuššu), Illuyanka and Tarhunt, Yammu and Baal in the Baal Cycle etc. The Hebrew...
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    sauropod-like creature with purple crystals protruding from its hide. Mušḫuššu Cryptid Human–dinosaur coexistence Living dinosaur Loch Ness Monster Lariosauro...
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    She was believed to be the daughter of An. Mušḫuššu Ninazu, Ningishzida; Tishpak; Marduk, Nabu; Ashur Mušḫuššu ("furious snake" or "awful snake") was a...
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    trade contacts with India. The "Libation vase of Gudea" with the dragon Mušḫuššu, dedicated to Ningishzida (21st century BC short chronology). The caduceus...
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    Late Assyrian seal. Worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, standing on their servant dragon Mušḫuššu, eighth century BCE....
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    "serpent" constellations in Babylonian astronomy, known as Mušḫuššu and Bašmu. It appears that Mušḫuššu was depicted as a hybrid of a dragon, a lion and a bird...
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    apotropaic rituals, Lahmu was associated with other monsters, for example Mushussu, Bashmu (a type of mythical snake), Kusarikku (bison-men associated with...
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    may be a different local god by the same name. His divine beast was the mušḫuššu, a kind of dragon, which was later given to Tishpak and then Marduk. Ningishzida...
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    ISSN 1004-9371. Wiggermann, Frans A. M. (1989). "Tišpak, his seal, and the dragon mušḫuššu". To the Euphrates and beyond: archaeological studies in honour of Maurits...
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  • 009. Wiggermann, Frans A. M. (1989). "Tišpak, his seal, and the dragon mušḫuššu". To the Euphrates and beyond: archaeological studies in honour of Maurits...
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