Assyrian Bronze Pendent Stamp Seal

Description

A New-Assyrian Bronze Pendent Stamp Seal, With Double Head Of Pazuzu
Date: 8th/7th Century BC.

Depicting: horse ,plant and eight rays sun, Human in shape, have no forehead, short nose, broad, and wrinkled like the nose of a lion. The mouth is shown in a wide grimace, with suspension loop and with stamp seal.

Pazuzu is a classic Mesopotamian monstrosity, combining human and animal features.
Inscription identify this demon as the God Pazuzu, king of the evil wind demons.
According to a ritual text, a bronze Pazuzu placed at the neck of a woman in childbirth protects her against the demon Lamashtu, known to come from the west with fiercely hot winds bringing fevers and death.

(may have been worn as amulets by pregnant women to protect themselves and their newborn children).