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Title: Amulet with a Lamashtu demon
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 7th–6th century BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia
Culture: Babylonian
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 1.97 x 2.44 x 0.55 in. (5 x 6.2 x 1.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, 1886
Object Number: 86.11.2
“Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me,” The Jewish Museum, New York, May 3–September 6, 1964.
“Man, Mystery, Magic.” Queens Borough Library, New York, October 15, 1971–August 15, 1972.
“The Book and the Spade (Biblical Archaeological Exhibition).” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, April 13, 1975–May 4, 1975.
"Curious Creatures and Bizarre Beasts," Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, January 28–April 1, 1979.
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