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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 ...
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. As one can see from the line separating the two layers of water, Ti'āmat has already been split by Marduk to be transformed into the "upper" and the "lower waters".
This was Marduk's main cult image in Babylon. Late Assyrian seal from the 8th century BCE showing a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk , standing on their servant dragon Mušḫuššu. Head of dragon dating from the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626 BCE – 539 BCE) from the Louvre Museum 's collection
Nonetheless, the texts could be evidence that the rise of Marduk was a gradual process that began before Nebuchadnezzar I. [40] Similarly, in the god list An = Anum the number 50, Enlil's number, was assigned to Marduk instead. [41] A private document dating to the reign of Ashur-uballit I in Assyria refers to a sanctuary of Marduk in the city ...
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The front of the gate has a low-relief design with a repeated pattern of images of two of the major gods of the Babylonian pantheon. Marduk, the national deity and chief god, with his servant dragon Mušḫuššu, is depicted as a dragon with a snake-like head and tail, a scaled body of a lion, and powerful talons for back feet. Marduk was seen ...
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Marduk-šāpik-zēri, inscribed in cuneiform d AMAR.UTU-DUB-NUMUN or phonetically -ša-pi-ik-ze-ri, and meaning “Marduk (is) the outpourer of seed”, reigned c. 1077–1065 BC, was the 7th king of the 2nd dynasty of Isin and 4th dynasty of Babylon and he ruled for thirteen years.