Genesis and Semitic tradition . of the existence ofa Babylonian amulet in the possession of M. de Clercq, onwhich Id-ru-hu is found in the place occupied by shcdu insimilar legends ; and Schrader adds that this informa-tion, if confirmed, Avould prove the Babylonian origin ofthe cherubim and their identity with the colossal wingedbulls which guard the entrance to temple and palace, orat least with the divine beings which these colossal fig-ures represent (KATl, S. 39 f.). At a later date Lenormant himself spoke definitely iujmnt. It is certain, he says, that the winged bullwith a human head wa
Genesis and Semitic tradition . of the existence ofa Babylonian amulet in the possession of M. de Clercq, onwhich Id-ru-hu is found in the place occupied by shcdu insimilar legends ; and Schrader adds that this informa-tion, if confirmed, Avould prove the Babylonian origin ofthe cherubim and their identity with the colossal wingedbulls which guard the entrance to temple and palace, orat least with the divine beings which these colossal fig-ures represent (KATl, S. 39 f.). At a later date Lenormant himself spoke definitely iujmnt. It is certain, he says, that the winged bullwith a human head was called Jcinibu. The talismanicmonument belonging to the collection of M. Louis doClercq employs the term kirub (written phonetically ki-ru-hu) where shedu or the corresponding idiographicgroup is found elsewhere (Les origines de Ihistoire, , Eng. tr., p. 126). In the same connection, the French - < SEAL WITH TlIK i:XGKAVIX(; which Leiionnaut has compared with Ezekiels visiou of cherubim bearing the throuc of nt ~N ^?^.r-iM! WINGED HUMAN-HEADED stationed at a gateway of Sargons palace. The arch that once spanned the passage sprang from the heads of the larger bulls. Height of larger bulls, eighteen feet. THE CHERUBIM 79 savant drew attention to the scene engraved on a cylin-der seal, in which he saw the counterpart of the imageryof Ezekiels vision. The prophet beheld four livingcreatures or cherubim which, in Lenormants opinion,were ananged two and two, back to back, and went eachone straight forward toward the four quarters. Overtheir heads and borne by them was a crystal pavement;and above the pavement the likeness of a throne, as theappearance of a sapphire stone, and upon the throne thelikeness as of a man enveloped in shining light. It wasthe appearance of the likeness of the glory of God. Onthe cylinder seal referred to is depicted a marvellous boatterminating at each end in a human half-figure. On theboat two winged bulls, each with the face of
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