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Nabu

Also known as Nebo

thumb|upright=1.2|Eighth-century BCE Assyrian seal portraying a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, who each stand on a (servant dragon)

Key facts

Deity.type: Mesopotamian
Deity.name: Nabû
Deity.image: Colossal statue of the god Nabu, 8th century BCE, from Nimrud, Iraq Museum.jpg
Deity.caption: Colossal statue of Nabu, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, on display in the National Museum of Iraq
Deity.god_of: God of literacy, the rational arts, scribes, and wisdom
Deity.abode: Borsippa
Deity.symbol: Clay tablet and stylus
Deity.consort: Tashmet
Deity.parents: Marduk and Sarpanitum
Deity.planet: Mercury
Deity.Greek_equivalent: Hermes
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Mercury
Deity.equivalent1_type: Hindu
Deity.equivalent1: Budha
Deity.equivalent2_type: Mandaean
Deity.equivalent2: Nbu
Deity.equivalent3_type: Egyptian
Deity.equivalent3: Thoth

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Image: Colossal statue of the god Nabu, 8th century BCE, from Nimrud, Iraq Museum.jpg

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Outside Mesopotamia
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thumb|upright=1.2|Eighth-century BCE Assyrian seal portraying a worshipper between Nabu and Marduk, who each stand on a (servant dragon)

Nabu (, ) is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, scribes, wisdom, and the rational arts. He is associated with the classical planet Mercury in Babylonian astronomy.