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Nabu
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thumb|upright=1.2|Eighth-century BCE Assyrian seal portraying a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, who each stand on a (servant dragon)
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Mesopotamian
- Deity.name
- Nabû
- Deity.image
- Colossal statue of the god Nabu, 8th century BCE, from Nimrud, Iraq Museum.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Colossal statue of Nabu, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, on display in the National Museum of Iraq
- Deity.god_of
- God of literacy, the rational arts, scribes, and wisdom
- Deity.abode
- Borsippa
- Deity.symbol
- Clay tablet and stylus
- Deity.consort
- Tashmet
- Deity.parents
- Marduk and Sarpanitum
- Deity.planet
- Mercury
- Deity.Greek_equivalent
- Hermes
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Mercury
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Hindu
- Deity.equivalent1
- Budha
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Mandaean
- Deity.equivalent2
- Nbu
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent3
- Thoth
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- Outside Mesopotamia
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thumb|upright=1.2|Eighth-century BCE Assyrian seal portraying a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, who each stand on a (servant dragon)
Nabu (, ) is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, scribes, wisdom, and the rational arts. He is associated with the classical planet Mercury in Babylonian astronomy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nabu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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