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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 [[literacy]], the [[Science|rational arts]], [[scribe]]s and [[wisdom]] | abode = [[Borsippa]] | symbol = [[Clay]] tablet and [[stylus]] | consort = [[Tashmetum|Tashmet]] | parents = [[Marduk]] and [[Sarpanit|Sarpanitum]] | siblings = | children = | mount = }} {{Mesopotamian myth}} {{Fertile Crescent myth (Arabian)}} '''Nabu''' ([[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]:𒀭𒀝<ref>{{citation/core|Surname1=Simo Parpola|Periodical=State Archives of Assyria|Title=The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I|Volume=Volume I|Publisher=Helsinki University Press|PublicationPlace=Helsinki|Year=1987|At=p.&nbsp;92|ISBN=951-570-004-3|Date= 1987|language=German|Comment=Text Nr. 110, Z. 6–7 }}</ref> <ref>https://www.tsukinokanata.com/varia/etymology-chara-e-helldestiny/</ref> {{lang-syr|ܢܒܘ}}) is the [[ancient Mesopotamian religion|ancient Mesopotamian patron god]] of [[literacy]], the [[Science|rational arts]], [[scribe]]s and [[wisdom]]. ==History== Nabu was worshipped by the Babylonians and 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/books?id=1C4NKp4zgIQC&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=2016-08-08|language=en}}</ref> Nabu was known as [[Nidaba|Nisaba]] in the [[Ancient Mesopotamian religion|Sumerian pantheon]] and gained prominence among the Babylonians in the [[1st millennium BC]] when he was identified as the son of the god [[Marduk]].<ref name="Bertman"/> Nabu was worshipped in Babylon's sister city [[Borsippa]], where his statue was moved to Babylon each New Year so that he could pay his respects to his father.<ref name="Bertman"/> Nabu's symbol was a stylus resting on a tablet.<ref name="Bertman"/> Clay tablets with especial calligraphic skill were used as offerings at Nabu's temple. His wife was the [[Akkadia]]n goddess Tashmet.<ref name="Bertman"/> Nabu was the patron god of scribes, literacy and wisdom,<ref name="Bertman"/> as well as the inventor of writing, a [[oracle|divine scribe]], and the patron of all the rational arts.<ref name="Green">{{cite book|last1=Green|first1=Tamara M.|title=The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran|date=1992|publisher=[[Brill Publishers|E.J. Brill]]|location=Leiden|isbn=9004095136|page=33-34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hrJ97aZr3AcC&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=2017-01-04|language=en}}</ref> Due to his role as an oracle, Nabu was associated with the Mesopotamian moon god [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]].<ref name="Green"/> Nabu wore a horned cap, and stood with his hands clasped in the ancient gesture of priesthood.{{Or|date=April 2017}} He rode on a winged [[dragon]] known as [[Mušḫuššu|Sirrush]] that originally belonged to his father Marduk.{{Or|date=April 2017}} In Babylonian astrology, Nabu was identified with the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} Nabu was continuously worshipped until the [[2nd century]], when [[Cuneiform script|cuneiform]] became a lost art.<ref name="Bertman"/> ===Outside Mesopotamia=== Nabu's [[cult (religious practice)|cult]] spread to [[ancient Egypt]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} Nabu was one of five non-Egyptian deities worshipped in [[Elephantine]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schattner-Rieser|first1=Ursula|title=La Bibliothèque d’Eléphantine (Egypte)|journal=Tsafon|date=2008|volume=56|page=13|url=http://www.academia.edu/894853/The_aramaic_library_of_the_Jewish_community_of_Elephantine_La_Biblioth%C3%A8que_d_El%C3%A9phantine_Egypte_|accessdate=12 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2017}} In the Bible, Nabu is mentioned as Nebo in Isaiah 46:1 and Jeremiah 48:1.<ref name="Bertman"/><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 |website=[[BibleGateway.com]] |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 |website=[[BibleGateway.com]] |date= |accessdate=2015-07-02}}</ref> In [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]] times, Nabu was identified, and sometimes [[interpretatio graeca|syncretized]], with the Greek god [[Apollo]].<ref name="Bertman"/> As the god of literacy and wisdom, Nabu was linked by the Romans with [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], and by the Egyptians with [[Thoth]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} ==Depictions== A statue of Nabu from [[Nimrud]] (ancient ''Kalḫu''), erected during the reign of the Assyrian king [[Tiglath-Pileser III]], is on display in the [[British Museum]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==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:Scribes]] [[Category:Wisdom gods]]'