Nabū

 

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 originally belonged to Marduk.

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