


The last image is a called a Karabu. Note what the Catholic Encyclopedia has to say regarding the relationship between the Cherubim (rank of angel) of Judeo/Christian traditions and this Babylonian creation:
"The word cherub (Cherubim is the Hebrew masculine plural) is a word borrowed from the Assyrian kirubu, from karabu, "to be near", hence it means near ones, familiars, personal servants, bodyguards, courtiers. It was commonly used of those heavenly spirits, who closely surrounded the Majesty of God and paid Him intimate service. Hence it came to mean as much as "Angelic Spirit". (The change from K of Karabu, to the K of Kirub is nothing unusual in Assyrian. The word has been brought into connection with the Egyptian Xefer by metathesis from Xeref=Kr-bh.) A similar metathesis and play upon sound undoubtedly exists between Kerub and Rakab, "to ride", and Merkeba, "chariot". The late Jewish explanation by analogy between Keerub and Rekub, "a youth", seems worthless. The word ought to be pronounced in English qerub and querubim, and not with a soft ch."
Here we can trace the origin of an angelic form back to an idea of Babylonian anthropomorphic blending.
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