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'{{Other uses}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2015}} [[File:Nabu-Lawrie-Highsmith.jpeg|thumb|left|upright|[[Lee Lawrie]], ''Nabu'' (1939). Library of Congress [[John Adams Building]], Washington, D.C.]] {{Infobox deity | type = [[Akkadian]] | name = Nabū | image = Attendant God from the Temple of Nabu at Nimrud, Mesopotamia..JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = Statue of the Attendant God from the Temple of Nabu at Nimrud, Mesopotamia on display at the [[British Museum]]. | god_of = God of [[wisdom]] and [[writing]] | abode = [[Borsippa]] | symbol = [[Clay]] tablet and [[stylus]] | consort = [[Tashmetum]] and [[Nidaba|Nissaba]] | parents = [[Marduk]] and [[Sarpanit|Sarpanitum]] | siblings = | children = | mount = }} {{Mesopotamian myth}} {{Fertile Crescent myth (Arabian)}} '''Nabu''' ({{lang-syr|ܢܒܘ}}) is the patron god of [[scribes]], [[wisdom]] and [[literature]], being worshipped by the [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] and [[Babylon]]ian peoples. He was identified as the son of the great god [[Marduk]] by the Babylonians and by default as the son of [[Ashur (god)|Ashur]] by the Assyrians.<ref name="bertman">{{cite book|last1=Bertman|first1=Stephen|title=Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia|date=2005|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|isbn=9780195183641|page=122|edition=Paperback|url=https://books.google.com/?id=1C4NKp4zgIQC&pg=PA122&dq=god+nabu#v=onepage&q=god%20nabu&f=false|accessdate=8 August 2016}}</ref> ==Etymology== Nabu's name itself means "to call" in [[Akkadian|Akkadian language]], while later cognates in [[Aramaic|Aramaic language]] and [[Hebrew|Hebrew language]] have a sense of one who has been called, or one who can prophesy.<ref>p.1571, Alcalay. A more accepted translation of this Hebrew word is derived from an Akkadian word "nabu", meaning to call. The Hebrew "navi" has a passive sense and means "the one who has been called" (see HALOT, p.661).</ref>{{Full citation needed}} ==History== Nabu was known as Nisaba in the [[Sumerian pantheon]], gaining prominence among the Assyrians and Babylonians in the first millenium BC following his association with Marduk.<ref name="bertman"/> Nabu resided in his temple of Ezida in [[Borsippa]] and was a prominent deity in [[Assyria]], where several temples were devoted to him.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} His cult later spread to [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] and [[Anatolia]] due to [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] settlers.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} Nabu was also the keeper of the Tablets of Destiny, which recorded the [[Destiny|fate]] of mankind. His symbols are the clay tablet and stylus.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} Nabu's consorts were the [[Akkadia]]n goddess Tashmetum and the Assyrian Nissaba.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}} He wore a horned cap, and stood with his hands clasped, in the ancient gesture of priesthood.{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} He rode on a winged [[dragon]] known as Sirrush that originally belonged to his father Marduk.{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} During the Babylonian New Year Festival, the cult statue of Nabu was transported from Borsippa to Babylon in order to commune with his father Marduk.{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} In Babylonian astrology, Nabu was identified with the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} ===Outside Mesopotamia=== In the Bible, Nabu is mentioned as Nebo in {{Bibleverse|Isaiah|46:1|KJV}} and {{Bibleverse|Jeremiah |48:1|KJV}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%2046:1-46:1&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 46:1 NIV – Gods of Babylon – Bel bows down, Nebo |publisher=Bible Gateway |date= |accessdate=2015-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+48%3A1&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 48:1 NIV - A Message About Moab - Concerning Moab |publisher=Bible Gateway |date= |accessdate=2015-07-02}}</ref> As the god of wisdom and writing, Nabu was linked by the Greeks with [[Hermes]], by the Romans with [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], and by the Egyptians with [[Thoth]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} ==Depictions== A statue of Nabu from [[Calah]], erected during the reign of the [[Assyria]]n king [[Tiglath-pileser III]], is on display in the [[British Museum]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Nebo|short=x}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Creators of writing systems]] [[Category:Deities in the Hebrew Bible]] [[Category:Knowledge gods]] [[Category:Mesopotamian gods]] [[Category:Wisdom gods]] [[Category:Scribes|*|NNN]]'