Depiction of Nabu by Artist is Lee Lawrie (1877–1963). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain. — Artist is Lee Lawrie (1877–1963). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain. · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Nabu

Mesopotamian · deity · mythic · deity

God of writing, wisdom and scribes; son of Marduk.

Parentage

Marduk

Domains

writing scribes
wisdom

Powers

Keeping the scribal record and the tablet of fates

Epithets

ṭupšar Esagil
nāš ṭuppi šīmāti

Relations

interpretatio: Apollo

Sources

Neo-Assyrian hymns to Nabu

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