archaicwonder: Babylonian Terracotta Lahmu Plaque, 2nd ML BCLahmu is a protective and beneficent Mes
archaicwonder: Babylonian Terracotta Lahmu Plaque, 2nd ML BCLahmu is a protective and beneficent Mesopotamian deity, the first-born son of Abzu and Tiamat. He and his sister Lahamu are the parents of Anshar and Kishar, the sky father and earth mother, who birthed the gods of the Mesopotamian pantheon. Lahmu is usually depicted as a bearded man with a red sash and four to six curls on his head. Lahmu and his sister, Lahamu, are primordial deities in the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elis. -- source link