Friday, December 10, 2021

"ṣalmu" (image) in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute

 

statue (in the round), relief, drawing, constellation, figurines (used for magic purposes), bodily shape, stature, likeness (in transferred mngs.); . . . a) statue (in the round)—1' of a deity—a' with the deity specified . . . b' deities in gen.: . . . c' other statues of religious importance . . .

 

2' of a king—a' named king . . . b' kings in gen. . . . c' deified royal images worshiped in temples . . . 3' three-dimensional figures as ornaments, etc. . . . B) relief, drawing—1' in gen. . . . 2' in legends beside a representation of a deity, a king, or another person . . . 3' on steals or rock reliefs representing stelas, referring to the entire monument . . . d) figurine used in cult and black magic—1' of deities and demons . . . 2' of human beings (used in substitution rituals) . . . 3) body, bodily shape, stature . . . f) likeness (in transferred mngs.)—1' in gen. . . . 2' in personal names. ("ṣalmu," in Ignace J. Gelb, Beno Landsberger, and A. Leo Oppenheim, eds., The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 21 vols. [Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 1962], 16:78-85)

 

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