Marduk

Anunnaki deity, chief god of Babylon, hero of Enuma Elish, symbolizing divine kingship.

Core Themes

• Divine rulership and cosmic victory.
• Linked to Divine Hierarchy.

Related Concepts & Sources

Tiamat (opponent), Enuma Elish (narrative), Babylonian Mythology (context)

Scholarly entry: Marduk (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Abusch, T. 1999. "Marduk." In Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible , ed. K. van der Toorn, P. Becking, and P.W. van der Horst, pp. 543-549. Leiden: Brill.
• Cancik-Kirschbaum, E., M. van Ess, and J. Marzahn, eds. 2011. Babylon. Wissenskultur in Orient und Okzident . TOPOI Berlin Studies in the Ancient World, 1. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Lambert, W.G. 1984. "Studies in Marduk." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 47 : 1-19.
• Lambert, W.G. 2008. "Mesopotamian creation stories." In M.J. Geller and M. Schipper (eds.), Imagining Creation , pp. 15-59. Leiden: Brill.
• Oshima, T. 2007. "The Babylonian god Marduk." In G. Leick (ed.), The Babylonian World , pp. 348-360. London: Routledge.
• Oshima, T. 2011. Babylonian prayers to Marduk. Orientalische Religionen der Antike, 7. Tübingen: Mohr Siebek.
• Sommerfeld, W. 1982. Der Aufstieg Marduks: die Stellung Marduks in der babylonischen Religion des zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. . Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 213. Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker.
• Sommerfeld, W. 1987-90. "Marduk. A. Philologisch. I. In Mesopotamien." In: Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 7 , pp. 360-370. Berlin: de Gruyter.