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Nabu
Also known as Nebo
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
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology and meaning
- History
- Outside Mesopotamia
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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.