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Nabu (sometimes known as Tutu) is the Babylonian god of wisdom, learning, prophecy, scribes, and writing and was also responsible for the abundant harvest and all growing things. His name means "the Announcer" which refers to his prophetic...

Festivals in ancient Mesopotamia honored the patron deity of a city-state or the primary god of the city that controlled a region or empire. The earliest, the Akitu festival, was first observed in Sumer in the Early Dynastic Period (2900-2334...

Colossal limestone statue representing Nabu, the Mesopotamian god of wisdom and knowledge. Found near one of the gates of the Nabu Temple in the city of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), dating to the 8th century BCE. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

The ziggurat, the "Tongue Tower," today one of the most vividly identifiable surviving ziggurats, is identified in the later Talmudic and Arabic culture with the Tower of Babel. However, modern scholarship concludes that the Sumero-Akkadian...

Limestone statue of attendant god dedicated to Nabu by Adad-Nirari III and Sammuramat. The figure was dedicated to Nabu, the god of learning, in the temple of Ezida at Calah by the governor of Calah and other cities, for the life of the king...

The so-called "tongue tower" at the top of the ruins of the ziggurat and temple of Nabu, at the ancient city of Borsippa, built in the 6th century BCE. Biris Namrud, Babil Governorate, Iraq.

The so-called "tongue tower" lies at the top of the ruins of the ziggurat and temple of Nabu at the ancient city of Borsippa, in modern-day Babel Governorate, Iraq. 6th century BCE.

Bronze plaque in the form of an amulet, inscribed with cuneiform inscriptions. The figures of four deities were incised above the inscriptions. Marduk holds on a necklace and stands on a dragon while Nabu holds a stylus. Probably from the...

This stone tablet records the restoration of certain lands by the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina to a priest. On the top of the stone are 13 symbols of the gods designed to protect the legal statement. Both the king, wearing the typical...

The temple to Nabu at Borsippa was destroyed in 484 BCE during the suppression of a revolt against the Achaemenid king Xerxes. Modern Biris Namrud, Babil Governorate, Iraq.