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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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    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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    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, pp. 109, 115. Borowski...
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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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    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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    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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    (Chapter 13) Lotan, the seven-headed sea serpent or dragon of Ugaritic myths Mušḫuššu The horse in Nordic mythology Revelation 12:9 Charting the End Times: A...
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