Marduk

also called Bel-Merodach and has 5 more synonyms ↓

• 1160s BC
• Bel-Marduk
• Mardochaios
• Marduc
• Merodach
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1. the Babylonian name of a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon permanently became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi (18th century BC), started to sl

   

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2. taken from Babylon by Elamite conquerors

   

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3. Sumerian spelling in Akkadian: AMAR.UTU "solar calf"; perhaps from MERI.DUG; Biblical Hebrew מְרֹדַךְ Merodach; Greek Μαρδοχαῖος, Mardochaios

   

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4. Nibiru, to the Babylonians, was the celestial body or region sometimes associated with the god Marduk

   

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5. 's original character is obscure but he was later on connected with water, vegetation, judgment, and magic

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   Marduk and his dragon, from a Babylonian cylinder seal

   

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7. The Mystica

   

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8. In late Babylonian astrology, Marduk was connected to the planet Jupiter

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9. As the ruler of the late Babylonian pantheon, he was equated with the Greek god Zeus (Latin Jupiter)

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