The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

Marduk, 2d Bab. period, deity of Babylon, 54, 96; child par excellence of Ea, 96, 548; prominence of his cult since Hammurabi, 116, 134-5, 690-1; his titles, 118, 126, 239, 240, 276, 500, 576, 630; identification with Bel and Ea, 118; solar deity, 118, 119, 528, 576, 690; his warlike traits, 119; in religious texts, 120; temples in Babylon (E-Sagila) and Borsippa, 121, 241, 636, 639; his papakhu, 640; his consort, 121-4, 228; statue brought from Nineveh to E-Sagila, 684; his statue recovered by Agum, 122, 152, 670, 687; lord of E-Sagila and E-Zida, 126; New Year's Day his festival, 127, 631, 678, 681; mediator betw. Ea and mankind, 139, 276; Marduk and Ea in incantation texts, 139-40; conquers Tiâmat, 140, 197, 408, 422; rivaled by Ramman, 158; during the Cassite period, 162; called Sag-ila, 169; lord of Anunnaki and Igigi, 186, 239; absorbs the rôle of other gods, 190, 409; builds Eshara, 198; blended with Bel, 54, 145-6, 148, 222, 542; Bel's titles applied to, 222, 409, 542, 635; position in the Assyrian pantheon, 224-5, 239; associated with Ashur, 224; associated with Ashur, Shamash, and Ramman, 224; second to Ashur, 239; prominence of his cult in the neo-B. period, 239-40;

rivaled by Nabu in the pantheon of Nebopolassar, 240, 679; also in old Bab period, 648; in incantations, 272-3, 276; in the Shurpu series, 288; in hymns, 307 ff.; lord of rest, 309; god of oracles, esp. in the south, 342, 345; zodiacal interpretation, 370, 434, 458-9, 676-7; his double aspect in the creation epic, 409, 432, 450; takes the tablets of fate from Kingu, 428 (cf. 542, 681); creates the universe, 428 ff., 447; establishes the districts of Anu, Bel, and Ea, 432; arranges the stations of the gods in the zodiacal system, 434; creates man, 437 (cf. Ea, Bel, 443, 448); the fifty names (of the Igigi) are bestowed upon M., 438; creates the Anunnaki, 447; = Nibir, i.e., Jupiter, exercises control over all the stars, 434, 458-9; 8th month sacred to M., 463, 678, 686; Marduk as Sharru in the deluge story, 500; absent in the deluge story, 508; dogs symbol of the solar god Marduk, 528; conquers Zu, 542; identified with Adapa, 548; temple at Ashur, 637; zikkurat at Babylon, 639; ship of Marduk, 655; procession on New Year, 679; spec. festival instituted by Agum, 687.