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NEBUCHADNEZZAR

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  Nebuchadnezzar II (630 BC-Babylon, October 7, 562 BC) is probably the best-known ruler of the Chaldean dynasty of Babylon. He reigned between the year 604 a. C. and 562 a. C.2​ He is known for the conquest of Judah and Jerusalem, and for his monumental building activity in Babylon, such as the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon. He has traditionally been called Nebuchadnezzar the Great, but the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the conquest of Judah gave him a bad image in Jewish traditions and in the Bible, contrary to what happens in contemporary Iraq, where he is glorified as a historical leader. Nebuchadnezzar also had the E.nam.khe temple, which received the cult of Ishkur,3​4​ under his custody, preserved with great esteem.2​ He restored the E.mes.lam temple5​6​7​ and carried out reconstructions and extensions in the temple E.zida.8​

NERGAL

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Nergal or Nirgal is the Sumerian-Babylonian god of the underworld and lord of the dead,1 being considered the sinister aspect of the sun god Utu. He rules the underworld alongside his consort, Ereshkigal. He appears as the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and according to legend, was fathered when Enlil was confined to the underworld for a period of time for raping Ninlil. When Ninlil goes to ask for Enlil (to the city of the underworld). He used to be represented by a human figure. In the E.mes.lam temple, the cult of Nergal was attributed, although the tablet BM 96952 included the name of the god Meslamtiea, who was identified with Nergal.2​3​4​5​6​

NIMRUD

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  Nimrud (known as Kalhu by the Assyrians, and as Calaj or Kalakh in the Bible) was one of the capitals of Assyria, along with Assur, Nineveh, and Dur Sharrukin. It was located along the Tigris River, about 30 km southeast of Mosul (in present-day Iraq). Its archaeological remains were dynamited by the Islamic State in the first months of 2015, making it disappear.

MARDUK

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Marduk, was the name of a late generation god of ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon who, when Babylon became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi (18th century BC), began to gain popularity until it reached the apex of the Babylonian pantheon, a crazy era that it fully acquired in the second half of the second millennium BC. In the city of Babylon he resided in the temple of Esagila. According to The Encyclopedia of Religion, Marduk's name would possibly be pronounced Marutuk. Its origin is conjectured to derive from amar-Utu ("calf of the Sun god Utu").[1] The origin of its name may reflect an earlier genealogy, or have cultural ties to the ancient city of Sippar (whose god was Utu, the Sun god), dating back to the third millennium BC. In the perfected system of astrology, in the period of Hammurabi, the planet Jupiter was associated with Marduk.

MUSHUSSU

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  The mušḫuššu (𒈲𒄭𒄊, from the Sumerian MUŠ.HUŠ = Red/furious serpent-dragon)1​2​3​ is a creature typical of Mesopotamian mythology. . It was a symbol of different divinities: at first it was associated with the god Ninazu, who was venerated in Ešnunna (a Sumerian city and then an Akkadian one), and then it was associated with the god Tishpak. When this city-state was defeated by the Babylonian kingdom, the dragon/serpent was retaken by Marduk. Previously "Mušḫuššu" had been translated as sîr-ruššû, although incorrectly.5 It appears on the reconstructed Ištar Gate in the city of Babylon, as a symbol of the god Marduk. The Sumerian word muš-ḫuš appears as a loanword in the Akkadian language since the paleo-Babylonian period6 meaning angry serpent or hideous serpent.7 Although the correct transliteration is Mušḫuššu, early researchers incorrectly read it as sîr-ruššû or sirrush, (loosely translated as "splendor serpent"[citation needed]) being very widespread today.

Sin, Shamash, y Rama

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  SIN : In Mesopotamian mythology, Sin, Sinai, Nanna, Nannar, Suen or Zuen is the god of the Moon. To the Sumerians, he was known as Nanna or Nannar, son of Enlil, god of wind and sky, and Ninlil, goddess of the air. Sin was his name in Akkadian and Babylonian. He was commonly referred to as En-zu, which means 'Lord of Wisdom'. Shamash -shum-ukin was a king of the X Dynasty of Babylon who reigned in the period 668 BC. c.-648 a. c. He received power from his brother Ashurbanipal of Assyria, who renounced the double crown of Assyria and Babylon, thus respecting the will of their father, Esarhadón. In reality, the kingdom of Babylon was now reduced to the cities of Babylon, Borsippa, Kutha and Sippar, and their environs, because Shamash-shum-ukin was jealous of his brother, who, being younger than him, had received the part elderly. Empire. Rama one of the deities par excellence of Hinduism. He is the God of correct conduct and his mission is to restore justice. Sita is the wife o...

Nabū

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  Nabu (in Classical Syriac, ɛɛɛ) is the god who guides writing, worshiped by the Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his wife Zarpanitum, and as the grandson of Enki.1 2 3 Nabu's wife was Tasmetu . Originally, Nabu was a West Semitic deity, introduced by the Amorites into Mesopotamia, probably at the same time as Marduk. While Marduk became Babylon's chief divinity, Nabu resided in nearby Borsippa, at his temple at E-zida. He was first called "Marduk's scribe and minister", and later assimilated as Marduk's beloved son. During the Babylonian New Year Festival, the cult statue of Nabu was transported from Borsippa to Babylon along with that of his father Marduk. Nabu is assigned the position of patron of scribes, taken from the Goddess Nisaba of Chaldean mythology. His symbols are the tablet with the writing implements. He wears a horned cap and stands with his hands folded, in the ancient priestly gesture. He rides on a winged dragon (mušhuššu) that original...