The Uses of ‘Bēlu’ and ‘Marduk’ in Neo-Assyrian Royal Inscriptions and other Sources from the First Millennium BC
By George Heath-Whyte. A dissertation exploring Marduk’s designation as ‘Bēlu’ in first-millennium BC Assyrian/Babylonian sources, proposing that the name referenced the Esagil temple’s primary cult image and the god’s role as Babylon’s patron.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tyndale House
2023
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Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Pages: 187-190 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Royal inscription
/ Neo-Assyrian
/ Babylonian language
/ Marduk
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
marduk
B Inscriptions B assyrian B assyriology B bela B anceint near east B babylonian |
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| Summary: | By George Heath-Whyte. A dissertation exploring Marduk’s designation as ‘Bēlu’ in first-millennium BC Assyrian/Babylonian sources, proposing that the name referenced the Esagil temple’s primary cult image and the god’s role as Babylon’s patron. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.90010 |