Nabû | |
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Abode | Borsippa |
Planet | Mercury |
Symbol | Clay tablet and stylus |
Parents | Marduk and Sarpanitum |
Consort | Tashmet |
Equivalents | |
Greek | Hermes |
Roman | Mercury |
Hindu | Budha |
Mandaean | Nbu |
Egyptian | Thoth |
Norse | Odin |
Celtic | Lugus |
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Nabu (Akkadian: cuneiform: 𒀭𒀝 Nabû,[1] Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: נְבוֹ, romanized: Nəḇo[2]) is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, the rational arts, scribes, and wisdom. He is associated with the classical planet Mercury in Babylonian astronomy.[3]