Marduk

Marduk

See also: marduk

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (^damar-utu /Marduk/).

Proper noun

Marduk

1. A late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon.
2. Planet X, the mythical/hypothetical tenth planet in our solar system.

Further reading

• Marduk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marduk (planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (^damar-utu /Marduk/, literally “calf of the sun”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.duk/

Proper noun

Marduk m

1. Marduk (chief god of Babylon, later king of the gods)
   • 680–631 BCE, “ABL 0727”, in Robert F. Harper, editor, Assyrian and Babylonian Letters‎ (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, volume 13, Helsinki, 1999, lines 1–5:

     𒀀𒈾 𒈗 𒂗𒅀
     𒀴𒅗 𒁹𒁕𒁲𒄿
     𒇻 𒁲𒈬 𒀀𒈾 𒈗 𒂗𒅀
     𒀭𒉺 𒀭𒀫𒌓 𒀀𒈾 𒈗
     𒂗𒅀 𒌨𒊒𒁍

     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

     /ana šarri bēlīya uradka Dadî lū šulmu ana šarri bēlīya Nabû Marduk ana šarri bēlīya likrubū/

     To my lord the king, your servant Dadî. Good health to my lord the king. May Nabû and Marduk bless my lord the king.

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms
𒀭𒀫𒌓 (dAMAR.UTU) 𒀭𒂗 (dEN) 𒀭𒈩 (dMES) 𒀭𒆪 (dKU) 𒀭𒊮𒍪 (dŠA₃.ZU) 𒀭𒋙 (dŠU₂)

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