Nabu
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Nabu is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, scribes, wisdom, and the rational arts. He is associated with the classical planet Mercury in Babylonian astronomy.
Colossal statue of Nabu, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, on display in the National Museum of Iraq
Eighth-century BCE Assyrian seal portraying a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, who each stand on a mušḫuššu (servant dragon)
Marduk
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Marduk was a god from ancient Mesopotamia, patron deity of Babylon. First sparsely attested in the 3rd millennium BC, Marduk slowly rose to prominence before being enshrined as leader of the Mesopotam
Nabu
…the Babylonians and the Assyrians. Nabu gained prominence among the Babylonians in the 1st millennium BC when he was identified as the son of the god Marduk. Nabu was worshipped in Babylon's sister city Borsippa, from where his statue was taken to Babylon each New Year so that he could pay his respects to…
Mušḫuššu, a dragon-like creature, was associated with Marduk.