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.
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