Marduk
Sign in to saveMarduk (; cuneiform: dAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) was a god from ancient Mesopotamia, patron deity of Babylon. First sparsely attested in the 3rd millenium BC, Marduk slowly rose to prominence before being enshrined as leader of the Mesopotamian pantheon under Nebuchadnezzar I in the 1st millennium BC. In Babylon, Marduk was worshipped in the Esagila temple.
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Marduk was a deity of ancient Mesopotamia who served as the patron god of Babylon and eventually became the supreme deity of the entire Mesopotamian pantheon. His importance grew over centuries, culminating in his elevation to the highest rank among the gods under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar I around the 1st millennium BC.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Marduk
- Deity.image
- File:Marduk_and_pet.svgclass=skin-invert
- Deity.caption
- 9th-century BC depiction of the Statue of Marduk, with his servant dragon Mušḫuššu. This was Marduk's main cult image in Babylon.
- Deity.abode
- Babylon
- Deity.symbol
- mušḫuššu, spade
- Deity.consort
- Sarpanit
- Deity.parents
- Enki and Damgalnuna
- Deity.siblings
- Ninsar, Ninkurra, Uttu, Ninti
- Deity.children
- Nabu
- Deity.planet
- Jupiter
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Zeus
Article
28 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- 3rd millennium BC
- Old Babylonian period
- Middle Babylonian period
- Second dynasty of Isin
- 1st millennium BC
- Characteristics
- Symbol
- Original role
- Marduk's anger and mercy
- Connections to the River Ordeal
- Incantations
- Epics and literature
- Enuma Elish
- Ludlul bel nemeqi
- Epic of Erra
- Marduk Ordeal
- Enmesharra's Defeat
- Syncretisms
- Asalluhi
- Enlil
- Tutu
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- External links
Marduk (; cuneiform: dAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf"; ) was a god from ancient Mesopotamia, patron deity of Babylon. First sparsely attested in the 3rd millenium BC, Marduk slowly rose to prominence before being enshrined as leader of the Mesopotamian pantheon under Nebuchadnezzar I in the 1st millennium BC. In Babylon, Marduk was worshipped in the Esagila temple.
Believed to have originated as an underworld god, a storm god or an agriculture deity, Marduk came to be worshipped as a god of creation, justice, water, agriculture, magic and medicine. His symbol was the spade and he was associated with the Mušḫuššu. By the 1st millennium BC, Marduk had become astrologically associated with the planet Jupiter. He was a prominent figure in Babylonian cosmology, especially in the Enūma Eliš creation myth.