Stone statues of Mesopotamian winged bulls: Lamassu, or Kerub —*cherub in Latin, *kerubh [כְּרוּב] i
![Stone statues of Mesopotamian winged bulls: Lamassu, or Kerub —*cherub in Latin, *kerubh [כְּרוּב] i](https://64.media.tumblr.com/145ca22a2b6f96ca7b15cc89bdac1cc0/d78357b50bc58571-f5/s1280x1920/148d71b796af6c09e1b88a92349ce7bae7124ebe.png "Stone statues of Mesopotamian winged bulls: Lamassu, or Kerub —*cherub in Latin, *kerubh [כְּרוּב] i")
Stone statues of Mesopotamian winged bulls: Lamassu, or Kerub —*cherub in Latin, *kerubh [כְּרוּב] in Hebrew. In Akkadian, *karâbu: winged beasts, infuriated guardians of the sacred doors.1850s photograph of an excavation of the gate to the citadel of Dūr-Šarrukēn (now Khorsabad, northern Iraq), the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II ~ ca.706 BCE• via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB -- source link
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