Nabu

Nabû
Colossal statue of Nabu, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, on display in the National Museum of Iraq
AbodeBorsippa
PlanetMercury
SymbolClay tablet and stylus
ParentsMarduk and Sarpanitum
ConsortTashmet
Equivalents
GreekHermes
RomanMercury
HinduBudha
MandaeanNbu
EgyptianThoth
NorseOdin
CelticLugus
Eighth-century BCE Assyrian seal portraying a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, who each stand on a mušḫuššu (servant dragon)

Nabu (Akkadian: 𒀭𒀝, romanized: Nabû,[1] Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: נְבוֹ‏, romanized: Nəḇo[2]) is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, scribes, wisdom, and the rational arts. He is associated with the classical planet Mercury in Babylonian astronomy.[3]

  1. ^ Lanfranchi, Giovanni B. (1987). The Correspondence of Sargon II. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9515700043.
  2. ^ "The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon". cal.huc.edu.
  3. ^ "The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon". cal.huc.edu.

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