Marduk

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Marduk
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:

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)-

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)
= mul dAMAR.UTU; Мардук — верховное божество города Вавилон, отождествляемое с Юпитером или Меркурием; силлабическая запись в лексических текстах см. a28dAMAR.UTU. Example

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. 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