Occult Literature
The Lamashtu Plaque
A large head projects above rows of small figures and a central scene on a rectangular relief. Budge’s caption identifies the obverse of a Labartu, or Lamashtu, plaque reproduced from the De Clercq collection catalogue.
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Citation
Illustrator not identified. "The Lamashtu Plaque" [editorial title]. In Amulets and Superstitions, E. A. Wallis Budge. Oxford University Press edition, 1930, 1930, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Source scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0145
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical symbolic image or diagram from the author’s system. Its reproduction records the source without validating its cosmological, magical or astrological claims.
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Illustrator not identified. The Lamashtu Plaque. Amulets and Superstitions. Scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0145