Lamassu

tutelary spirit in Mesopotamian mythology Initially depicted as a goddess
Thing general Q616332
Lamassu
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Lamassu

Summary

Lamassu ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (749 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Lamassu's image is recorded as Lamma Goddess, Iraq, Isin-Larsa period, 2000-1800 BC, bronze, baked clay - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07287.jpg[2].
  • Lamassu's GND ID is recorded as 7855044-0[3].
  • Lamassu's subclass of is recorded as tutelary spirit[4].
  • Lamassu's Commons category is recorded as Shedu[5].
  • Lamassu's said to be the same as is recorded as shedu[6].
  • Lamassu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01l07l[7].
  • Lamassu's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0519544[8].
  • Lamassu's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0521087[9].
  • Lamassu's BBC Things ID is recorded as e3787950-1084-4c99-860b-eca2a9c98949[10].
  • Lamassu's culture is recorded as Babylonia[11].
  • Lamassu's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as crt086J8gLLhd[12].
  • Lamassu's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as lamassu[13].

Why It Matters

Lamassu ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (749 views/month).[1] Lamassu has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Lamassu is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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