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Marduk was commonly called Bēl (lord) in the First Millennium BC. [8] The etymology for the name Marduk is generally understood to be derived from d amar-utu-(a)k, meaning "bull-calf of Utu". [6] Sommerfield suggests this is used to explain the name Marduk in the Enuma Elish: as "He is the "son of the sun [a]" of the gods, radiant is he."
The Statue of Marduk, also known as the Statue of Bêl (Bêl, meaning "lord", being a common designation for Marduk), [2] was the physical representation of the god Marduk, the patron deity of the ancient city of Babylon, traditionally housed in the city's main temple, the Esagila. There were seven statues of Marduk in Babylon, but 'the' Statue ...
English: 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: Statue of Marduk, mounted on the mušḫuššu, the "fierce snake", standing in victory on the watery body of the vanquished Ti'āmat on occasion of the Babylonian New Year's festival.
For my lord Marduk I made it an object fitting for wonder, just as it was in former times. In 2003 scholars discovered in the Schøyen Collection the oldest known representation of the Etemenanki. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Carved on a black stone, the "Tower of Babel Stele", as it is known, dates to 604–562 BCE, the time of Nebuchadnezzar II.
English: Boundary stone (kudurru) of Ritti-Marduk; his ancestral territory was made exempt from taxation. Babylonian, reign of Nebuchadnezzar I, 1125-1104 BCE. From Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah), Mesopotamia, Iraq. On display at the British Museum in London.
(Iryna Veklich/Moment RF/Getty Images) ... “The mythic origin of the feast was the creation of the world by the god Marduk. According to the myth called Enuma Elish, the world came into ...
This Abzu was a representation of Marduk's father, Enki, who was god of the waters and lived in the Abzu that was the source of all the fresh waters. Esarhaddon, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (681 – 669 BC), reconstructed the temple. He claimed that he built the temple from the foundation to the battlements, a claim corroborated by ...
The mušḫuššu was the sacred animal of Marduk and his son Nabu during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The dragon Mušḫuššu, whom Marduk once vanquished, became his symbolic animal and servant. [7] It was taken over by Marduk from Tishpak, the local god of Eshnunna. [8]