ID: 901002163 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002163	Record Type: Character/Person

	Marduk (Babylonian deity)

Note: In Mesopotamian religion, the chief god of the city of Babylon and the national god of Babylonia; as such, he was eventually called simply Bel, or Lord. Originally, he seems to have been a god of thunderstorms.

Names:

	Marduk (Babylonian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Bel (Marduk, Babylonian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Marduk (Babylonian deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... thunderstorms
	.....(storms, natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	patron/protector of .... Babylon
	.....(Bābil, Iraq, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Marduk (Babylonian deity)
	................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 418
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85081029
	Bel (Marduk, Babylonian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)
	................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Marduk_and_pet.jpg/320px-Marduk_and_pet.jpg