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Marduk’s processional chariot (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Divine chariot 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.05 Celestial imagery 01.05.12 Divine chariot Marduk (Lordship, Mercy) 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.04 Concept of god (1) 01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism) 01.04.03.05 Great gods 01.04.03.05.06 Marduk (Lordship, Mercy)	Keywords chariots Marduk
Period Neo-Assyrian Empire	Channel Neo-Assyrian texts

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K 9008+83-1-18.141:
Chariot of the king of the gods, fashioned by Enlil [ … ], wagon of great Marduk, which, among the gods [ … ]. Adorned with terror of fierce awesomeness [ … ], Venus (of the stars) is her name … [ … ], the resplendent yoke of Enlil. [ … ], the shining of Zarpanitum [ … ] ladies [ … ... the] pole, whose speech [ … ...] effulgent, with sharp horns [ … ...] the mudguard, a bison … [ … ...] the seat, a frightening flood … [ … ...] … that puts out the tongue. [ … ]

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K 9008+83-1-18.141

Bibliography

Lambert 1973, 279

Lambert, Wilfred G. “A New Fragment from a List of Antediluvian Kings and Marduk's Chariot.” In: M. A. Beek, A. A. Kampman, C. Nijland and J. Ryckmans (eds.). Symbolae biblicae et mesopotamicae Francisco Mario Theodoro de Liagre Boehl dedicatae. Leiden: Brill 1973, 270-280.

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