Sirrush – Powerful “Glamorous Snake” Guarded Marduk But Did This Hybrid Really Exist?

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com –  Sirrush (Mushrush, Mushrushu) is a hybrid creature depicted on the Ishtar gate in Babylon. It resembles a dragon or a griffin, and it is the most famous image of this creature, displayed on the walls and gates of the procession path in Babylon.

Ningizzida in the middle, followed by the dragon Mushussu. Stone vase work “libation vase of Gudea”. Image source – Public Domain

Sirrush has a horned snakehead, a scaly snake body, a long neck and a long tail, and scales. The slim scaly neck has the head of a serpent with a horn and a long forked tongue.

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