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[92] Schwemer also summarizes that although Marduk has characteristics that overlap with the storm god profile, it does not mean that Marduk or other gods in similar position (such as Ninurta, Martu, Telepinu and Tishpak) are necessarily storm gods. [93] Marduk's symbol, the spade, may point to him originally being a god of agriculture, or more ...
The Statue of Marduk, also known as the Statue of Bêl (Bêl, meaning "lord", being a common designation for Marduk), [2] was the physical representation of the god Marduk, the patron deity of the ancient city of Babylon, traditionally housed in the city's main temple, the Esagila. There were seven statues of Marduk in Babylon, but 'the' Statue ...
Broken kudurru of Marduk-apla-iddina [i 13] Adad-bēl-kala kudurru confirming a gift by the earlier king Adad-šuma-uṣur [i 10] Fragmentary kudurru of Marduk-apla-iddina [i 15] The Tehran kudurru [i 16] Also dated to his reign is the stone copy of the Nazimaruttaš kudurru stone. [i 11]
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The tablet is seized by the god Marduk after his defeat of Qingu. In some Akkadian writings, the Tablet is referred to as Hasamogeit. [7] The Tablet of Destinies is referenced in Text B (a copy of an inscription of Sennacherib in Neo-Babylonian script) on the tablet K 6177 + 8869, now in the British Museum. [3]
Marduk is the national god of the Babylonians. [76] The expansion of his cult closely paralleled the historical rise of Babylon [76] [71] and, after assimilating various local deities, including a god named Asarluhi, he eventually came to parallel Enlil as the chief of the gods.
The mušḫuššu was the sacred animal of Marduk and his son Nabu during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The dragon Mušḫuššu, whom Marduk once vanquished, became his symbolic animal and servant. [7] It was taken over by Marduk from Tishpak, the local god of Eshnunna. [8]
Above his portrayal is one register displaying the gods represented on the boundary stone contract. A caption attests that he is the "Avenger of the People". The obverse of the kudurru with King Marduk-nadin-ahhe is separated from the reverse by part of a snake, and a text in cuneiform comprises the reverse of the kudurru.