Cuneiform tablet: hymn to Marduk, Neo-Babylonian (?), 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylonian (?), Clay, 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, The god Marduk first became an important god in the early second millennium B.C., when Babylon (under its most famous king, Hammurabi) became the capital city of a large Babylonian state. Marduk’s importance in the pantheon of gods rose with the fame of the city of Babylon, so that in later periods he was the supreme deity
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Cuneiform tablet, hymn, Marduk, Neo-Babylonian, 1st millennium B.C, Mesopotamia, Babylonian, Clay, 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 1 1/8, 9 9.8 2.9 cm, Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, god, first, important god, early second, millennium, B.C, Babylon, under, famous king, Hammurabi, capital city, large Babylonian, state, importance, pantheon, gods rose, fame, city, later periods, supreme deity
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