There is an Iranian proverb that says: He/She holds a bowl called "What should I do?" A servant in the street, his master's bowl fell from his hand and broke. The poor man didn't dare to go back home for fear of being scolded by his master or lady, he sat by the bowl and cried and said: God, what should I do? The eunuch came out to him. He used to walk in the streets and ask everyone he knew: Have you seen our servant? Until someone answered: I saw him in a certain place, he had a bowl in his hand and he was repeating to himself what should I do. This proverb is used in a case where a person is not able to make a decision and hesitates in his work.

The lamassu is a celestial being from ancient Mesopotamian religion bearing a human head, bull's body, sometimes with the horns and the ears of a bull, and wings. It appears frequently in Mesopotamian art. The lamassu and shedu were household protective spirits of the common Assyrian people, becoming associated later as royal protectors.