Category:Louvre MNB 467

**Statuette of the demon Pazuzu with an inscription**
	bronze statuette of Pazuzu from Assyria, Mesopotamia (now Iraq)
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Instance of	sculpture,; statuette
Depicts	Pazuzu;
Material used	bronze;
Genre	statuette;
Location	Room 230, Room 230, display case 4, France
Creator	Unknown;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre (purchasing, 1872–);
Inventory number	MNB 467 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	c. 800 BC (after 800 BC, before 700 BC);
Width	8.6 cm;
Height	15 cm;
Authority control
	Q11814711; Atlas ID: 26723
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Statuette of the demon Pazuzu with an inscription

Artist

Unknown author

Title

Statuette of the demon Pazuzu with an inscription

Object type

sculpture / statuette

Genre

statuette

Date

between circa 800 and circa 700 BC

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

Height: 15 cm (5.9 in)

; Width: 8.6 cm (3.3 in)

; Thickness: 5.6 cm (2.2 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Parent institution	Établissement public du musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37″ N, 2° 20′ 15″ E
	Established	1793
	Web page	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 0000 0001 2260 177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

Room 230

Accession number

MNB 467 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre)

Exhibition history

La Galerie du temps

Inscriptions

I am Pazuzu, son of Hanpa. The king of the evil spirits of the air who emerges in a violent rage from the mountains is me

Je suis Pazuzu, fils de Hanpa. Le roi des mauvais esprits des vents qui sort violemment des montagnes en faisant rage, c'est moi.'

References

Authority control

: Q11814711
Atlas: 26723

Lucie Streiff-Rivail; Isabelle Pelletier, Charles-Hilaire Valentin, Nicolas Neumann, Lydia Labadi, Astrid Bargeton, Loïc Levêque, Sarah Zhiri, Michel Brousset, Béatrice Bourgerie, Mélanie Le Gros, Henri Loyrette, Xavier Dectot, Daniel Percheron, Jean-Luc Martinez, Vincent Pomarède (November 2012) (in French) Louvre-Lens, le guide 2013, p. 81 ISBN: 978-2-36838-002-4.