Marduk
See also: marduk
English edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (damar-utu /Marduk/).
Proper noun edit
Marduk
- A late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon.
Further reading edit
Marduk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Marduk (planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sumerian 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (damar-utu /Marduk/, literally “calf of the sun”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈmar.duk/
Proper noun edit
Marduk m
- Marduk (chief god of Babylon, later king of the gods)
- 680–631 BCE, “ABL 0727”, in Robert F. Harper, editor, Assyrian and Babylonian Letters[1] (priestly letter; clay tablet), published 1892–1914, CDLI P334516; republished as “SAAS 13 020”, in Peter Machinist, Steven W. Cole, editors, State Archives of Assyria[2], volume 13, Helsinki, 1999, lines 1–5:
- 𒀀𒈾 𒈗 𒂗𒅀
𒀴𒅗 𒁹𒁕𒁲𒄿
𒇻 𒁲𒈬 𒀀𒈾 𒈗 𒂗𒅀
𒀭𒉺 𒀭𒀫𒌓 𒀀𒈾 𒈗
𒂗𒅀 𒌨𒊒𒁍- [ana šarri bēlīya uradka Dadî
lū šulmu ana šarri bēlīya
Nabû Marduk ana šarri
bēlīya likrubū] - a-na LUGAL EN-ia
ARAD-ka mda-di-i
lu SILIM-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia
dPA dAMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL
EN-ia lik-ru-bu - To my lord the king, your servant Dadî. Good health to my lord the king. May Nabû and Marduk bless my lord the king.
- [ana šarri bēlīya uradka Dadî
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References edit
- Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, pages 122-123
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 149