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National god of the Babylonians

This article is about the Babylonian god.

Marduk - New World Encyclopedia

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Marduk (Cuneiform: 𒀭𒀫𒌓ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: amar utu.k "calf of the sun; solar calf"; Hebrew: מְרֹדַךְ, Modern: Merōdaḵ, Tiberian: Mərōḏaḵ) is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of Babylon who eventually rose to power in the 1st millennium BC.

In Babylon, Marduk was worshipped in the temple Esagila. His symbol is the spade and he is 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.

Name

The name of Marduk was solely spelled as ^dAMAR.UTU in the Old Babylonian Period, although other spellings such as MES and ^dŠA.ZU were also in use since the Kassite Period.

In the 1st millennium BC, the Marduk: The Hero of Enuma Elish and His Divine Journey GADY