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Nabu

deity sky Neo-Assyrian single tradition · 6

Nabu is referred to as Lugal-Marada's brother in a Neo-Babylonian letter from Marad.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 0
Historical notes
Neo-Babylonian period.

Relationships

sibling of
Nergal, Lugal-Marada
co occurs with
Aššur, Ereshkigal, Anunnaki, Igigi, Madānu, Utnapishtim, Ellil, Mushteshirhablim, gods of Eshumesha, Damkianna, Enmesharra, Sebitti, Erimbinatuku, Lugalbanda, Aštabi, Imzuanna, Lulu, Ninzuanna, Lugalmea, Ili-mīšar, Anu, Ninlil, Ashur, Tiamat, Tishpak, Anzû, Ningirsu, Ninurta, Enlil, Ea, Enki, Damkina, ʿAṯtar, Nam-tar, Ištar, Shamash, Sin, Dagan, Adad, Papsukkal, Urash
allied with
Marduk, Nergal, Nanaya, Lases, Mamitu, Sutītu, Zarpanitu, Zababa, Bau, Erra, Neretagmil
syncretized with
Tir

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Mentioned by

and 15 more

Sources

wikipedia (6)
  1. Lugal-Marada
  2. Marduk
  3. Ninurta
  4. Anunnaki
  5. Mamitu
  6. Enmesharra

Source passages

“A single Neo-Babylonian letter from Marad refers to Nabu and Nergal as Lugal-Marada's brothers”

#11884 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“He claimed that he killed the Assyrian and laid waste to his lands by the command of Marduk and Nabu and with the weapons of Erra, which was the main trio of the First Millennium Babylonian ideology. In literary texts from the Achaemenid and Seleucid eras, Marduk is said to have commissioned Nabonassar”

#12014 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“After the capital of Assyria was moved away from Kalhu, Ninurta's importance in the pantheon began to decline. Sargon II favored Nabu, the god of scribes, over Ninurta.”

#12092 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“sends his messenger Neretagmil to alert Nabu, the god of literacy. When the Eshumesha gods hear Nabu speak, they come out of their temple to search for him”

#14912 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Mamitu is listed as one of the deities from Kutha alongside Nergal and Laṣ, next to Marduk, Zarpanitu and members of the pantheons of Kish (Zababa and Bau) and Borsippa (Nabu, Nanaya and Sutītu).”

#37117 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001