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'{{short descridgfiyoagsfDsufdsgfdsgfutdfsfdgfdftdgasujdfasgdvsgfdsgfsdufdsvffsdcvdsfcuds hi {{Multiple issues| {{Update|date=March 2018}} {{Rewrite|date=March 2018}} }} {{Infobox deity | type = Mesopotamian | name = Nabū | image = Colossal statue of the god Nabu, 8th century BCE, from Nimrud, Iraq Museum.jpg | alt = | caption = Colossal statue of the god Nabu, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, on display in the [[National Museum of Iraq]] | 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]]um | siblings go die = | mount = }} {{Mesopotamian myth}} {{Fertile Crescent myth (Arabian)}} '''Nabu''' ({{lang-akk|cuneiform: 𒀭𒀝 Nabū}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lanfranchi|first1=Giovanni B.|title=The Correspondence of Sargon II|date=1987|publisher=Helsinki University Press|location=Helsinki|isbn=9515700043|page=92}}</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 [[Tashmetum|Tashmet]].<ref name="Bertman"/> Nabu was the patron god of scribes, literacy, and wisdom.<ref name="Bertman"/> He was also the inventor of writing, a [[oracle|divine scribe]], and the patron god of 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|pages=33–34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hrJ97aZr3AcC&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=2017-01-04|language=en}}</ref> As the god of writing, Nabu inscribed the fates assigned to men<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702144238/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nabu |title=Nabu |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nabu |archive-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> and he was associated with the scribe god [[Ninurta]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leick |first1=Dr Gwendolyn |title=A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology |date=2002 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781134641024 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_pqEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA123#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=March 7, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> As an oracle he 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. He rode on a winged [[dragon]] known as [[Mušḫuššu|Sirrush]] that originally belonged to his father Marduk. In [[Babylonian astrology]], Nabu was identified with the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Colligan |first1=L. H. |title=Mercury |date=January 15, 2010 |publisher=[[Marshall Cavendish]] |isbn=9780761445517 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=owUTWsK26lAC&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=March 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=James R. |title=The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences |date=Mar 1, 2003 |publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]] |isbn=9781578593019 |page=442 |edition=Second |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nPMnUMhZzswC&pg=PA442page#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=March 7, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> 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=April 2019}} Nabu was one of five non-Egyptian deities worshipped in [[Elephantine]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} 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 with the Greek god [[Apollo]].<ref name="Bertman"/><ref name="Green"/>{{rp|71}} As the god of wisdom, Nabu was linked by the Romans with [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] and by the Egyptians with [[Thoth]].<ref name="Green"/>{{rp|71}} ==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:Scribes]] [[Category:Wisdom gods]]'