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Centaur: A figure human above the waist
with, below, the body of all four legs of a horse, is known in the Kassite
and Middle Assyrian Periods on seals and sealings and on kudurrus. It
also occurs on Babylonian stamp-seals of Hellenistic date. Sometimes
it has the tail of a scorpion. The human part is often shown armed
with a bow or club, hunting other animals. In the Hellenistic Period
the creature represents the god Pabilsag.
Resource List - all entries are taken verbatim from the
original source:
(r) "Gods, Demons, and Symbols of
Ancient Mesopotamia. An Illustrated Dictionary." Jeremy Black
and Anthony Green. University of Texas Press, Austin. ©1992
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