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[[File:Marduk and pet.svg|thumb|The Statue of Marduk depicted on a cylinder seal of the 9th century BC Babylonian king Marduk-zakir-shumi I. Detailed info, from Schaudig (2008), p. 559:]] |
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<sup>d</sup>''Marduk'' (𒀭𒈠𒊒𒁺𒊌) is the supreme deity of the city of Babylon, identified for the most part with Jupiter or Mercury; for a syllabic entry in lexical texts, but sometimes other planets and asterisms. His name is most often written with Sumerograms [[AMAR.UD|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]]. For the astronomical information concerning '''''<sup>d</sup>Marduk =''''' '''''[[AMAR.UD|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]] =''''' '''[[Nēberu|Neberu]] (as Marduk's Star) |
<sup>d</sup>''Marduk'' (𒀭𒈠𒊒𒁺𒊌) is the supreme deity of the city of Babylon, identified for the most part with Jupiter or Mercury; for a syllabic entry in lexical texts, but sometimes other planets and asterisms. His name is most often written with Sumerograms [[AMAR.UD|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]]. For the astronomical information concerning '''''<sup>d</sup>Marduk =''''' '''''[[AMAR.UD|<sup>d</sup>AMAR.UTU]] =''''' '''[[Nēberu|Neberu]] (as Marduk's Star).''' |
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==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref>== |
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Revision as of 08:40, 31 December 2025
dMarduk (𒀭𒈠𒊒𒁺𒊌) is the supreme deity of the city of Babylon, identified for the most part with Jupiter or Mercury; for a syllabic entry in lexical texts, but sometimes other planets and asterisms. His name is most often written with Sumerograms dAMAR.UTU. For the astronomical information concerning dMarduk = dAMAR.UTU = Neberu (as Marduk's Star).
Here we need an edition of Marduk\s star for each month - see NA3
Concordance, Etymology, History[1]
City god of Babylon, identified with Enki’s son Assalluḫi, became head of the Babylonian pantheon towards the end of the 2nd mill. BCE. dAMAR.UTU (EN 33r).[2]
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, m11) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| = mul dAMAR.UTU; Мардук — верховное божество города Вавилон, отождествляемое с Юпитером или Меркурием; силлабическая запись в лексических текстах см. a28dAMAR.UTU. | Example |
References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Hoffmann, S. M. and Krebernik, M. (2023). What do deities tell us about the celestial positioning system, in: R. Rollinger, I. Madreiter, M. Lang, C. Pappi (eds.). The Intellectual Heritage of the Ancient Near East, Papers held at the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique International and 12th Melammu Symposium July 16-20 2018, Innsbruck. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 539-579
