Marduk

See also: marduk

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Sumerian ๐’€ญ๐’€ซ๐’Œ“ (damar-utu /โ Mardukโ /).

Proper noun

Marduk

  1. A late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon.

Further reading

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian ๐’€ญ๐’€ซ๐’Œ“ (damar-utu /โ Mardukโ /, literally โ€œcalf of the sunโ€).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Marduk m

  1. Marduk (chief god of Babylon, later king of the gods)
    • 680โ€“631 BCE, โ€œABL 0727โ€, in Robert F. Harper, editor, Assyrian and Babylonian Lettersโ€Ž (priestly letter; clay tablet), published 1892โ€“1914, CDLI P334516; republished as โ€œSAAS 13 020โ€, in Peter Machinist, Steven W. Cole, editors, State Archives of Assyriaโ€Ž, volume 13, Helsinki, 1999, lines 1โ€“5:
      ๐’€€๐’ˆพ ๐’ˆ— ๐’‚—๐’…€
      ๐’€ด๐’…— ๐’น๐’•๐’ฒ๐’„ฟ
      ๐’‡ป ๐’ฒ๐’ˆฌ ๐’€€๐’ˆพ ๐’ˆ— ๐’‚—๐’…€
      ๐’€ญ๐’‰บ ๐’€ญ๐’€ซ๐’Œ“ ๐’€€๐’ˆพ ๐’ˆ—
      ๐’‚—๐’…€ ๐’Œจ๐’Š’๐’
      [ana ลกarri bฤ“lฤซya uradka Dadรฎ
      lลซ ลกulmu ana ลกarri bฤ“lฤซya
      Nabรป Marduk ana ลกarri
      bฤ“lฤซya likrubลซ]
      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 Dadรฎ. Good health to my lord the king. May Nabรป and Marduk bless my lord the king.
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
  • ๐’€ญ๐’€ซ๐’Œ“ (dAMAR.UTU)
  • ๐’€ญ๐’‚— (dEN)
  • ๐’€ญ๐’ˆฉ (dMES)
  • ๐’€ญ๐’†ช (dKU)
  • ๐’€ญ๐’Šฎ๐’ช (dล Aโ‚ƒ.ZU)
  • ๐’€ญ๐’‹™ (dล Uโ‚‚)

References
  • 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
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