-- Winged humanheaded bull of Khorsabad (Dur Sharrukin), Assyria, Iraq, 721-705 BCE is an Indus Script hypertext memorial of ancestor smiths
"Winged genie", Nimrud c. 870 BC, with inscription running across his midriff. Wings evoke the divinity of śyena, sēna 'falcon, thunderbolt'; He holds a bunch of sunflowers:करडी [ karaḍī ] f (See करडई) Safflower rebus: करडा karaḍā 'hard alloy'; kharādī = turner (G.) Rebus 3: kharaḍa, brief memoranda of metalwork, wealth-accounting ledgers Rebus: karaṇḍi 'fire-god' (Remo)Remo <karandi>E155 {N} ``^fire-^god''.(Munda).
The wings which signify śyena, sēna 'falcon, thunderbolt' are memrials of attributes of ancestors who were armourers, thunderbolt-maker-smiths and sena ‘scribes’.
eṟake, 'upper arm' rebus: eraka'moltencast, metal infusion'. Ta. ciṟai, ciṟaku, ciṟakar wing; iṟai, iṟaku, iṟakar, iṟakkai wing, feather. Ma. iṟaku, ciṟaku wing. Ko. rek wing, feather. Ka. eṟake, eṟaṅke, ṟakke, ṟekke wing; ṟaṭṭe, ṟeṭṭe wing, upper arm. Koḍ. rekke wing; raṭṭe upper arm. Tu. ediṅke, reṅkè wing. Te.eṟaka, ṟekka, rekka, neṟaka, neṟi id. Kol. reḍapa, (SR.) reppā id.; (P.) reṛapa id., feather. Nk. rekka, reppa wing. Pa. (S.) rekka id. Go. (S.)
rekka wing-feather; reka (M.) feather, (Ko.) wing (Voc. 3045). Konḍa ṟeka wing, upper arm. Kuwi (Su.) rekka wing(DEDR 2591)
Pair of lamassu or shedu from Khorsabad, with the five legs of the left one showing. Palace of Sargon II
See:
-- Jagati, jagali, cēdi is a pedestal for an idol, for e.g., to hold a śivalinga
-- anthropomorph bull-man is ḍhã̄gu 'bull', ḍã̄go ʻmale (of animals)ʼ rebus ṭhakkura ʻidol' ṭhākur 'blacksmith', 'deity'; ḍāṅro ʻ term of contempt for a blacksmith (Nepalese)(CDIAL 5524)
A less frequently used name is shedu (Cuneiform: 𒀭𒆘, an.kal×bad; Sumerian: dalad; Akkadian, šēdu), which refers to the male counterpart of a lamassu.(Black, Jeremy; Green, Anthony (2003). An Illustrated dictionary, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. The British Museum Press).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamassu
I submit that this Akkadian word shedu is cognate with the substrate Meluhha word cēdi which is a synonm of jagati, jagali, 'a pedestal for an idol, for e.g., to hold a śivalinga'. This cēdi, 'pedestal' is archaeologically evidenced from Mohenjo-daro.
I suggest that shedu or lamassu is cognate with cēdi interpreted as a jagati, 'pedestal'; a shedu however is a guardian at the doorways. (cf. cēdi kingdom of ancient India)."cēdi or Chedi was an ancient Indian kingdom which fell roughly in the Bundelkhand division of Madhya Pradesh regions to the south of river Yamuna along the river Ken. Its capital city was called Suktimati in Sanskrit and Sotthivati-nagara in Pali.In Pali-language Buddhist texts, it is listed as one of the sixteen mahajanapadas ("great realms" of northern and central India).According to the Mahabharata, the Chedi Kingdom was ruled by Shishupala, an ally of Jarasandha of Magadha and Duryodhana of Kuru. He was a rival of Vasudeva Krishna who was his uncle's son. He was killed by Vasudeva Krishna during the Rajasuya sacrifice of the Pandava king Yudhishthira. Bhima's wife was from Chedi. Prominent Chedis during the Kurukshetra War included Damaghosha, Shishupala, Dhrishtaketu, Suketu, Sarabha, Bhima's wife, Nakula's wife Karenumati, Dhrishtaketu's sons. Other Chedis included King Uparichara Vasu, his children, King Suvahu, King Sahaja. It was ruled during early periods by Paurava kings and later by Yadava kings in the central part of the country...Surrounding the kingdom of the Kurus, are, many countries beautiful and abounding in corn, such as Panchala, Chedi, Matsya, Surasena, Pattachchara, Dasarna, Navarashtra, Malla, Salva, Yugandhara, Saurashtra, Avanti, and the spacious Kuntirashtra. (4,1)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chedi_Kingdom
![Chedi Kingdom and other Mahajanapadas in the Post Vedic period.]()
cēdi cognate shedu are smāraka or stupa, i.e. memorials for ancestors. I submit that shedu are memorials of the ancestors who were ḍhã̄gu 'bull', ḍã̄go ʻmale (of animals)ʼ rebus ṭhakkura ʻidol' ṭhākur 'blacksmith', 'deity'.