Mar, district in southern Babylonia, sacred to Nin-Mar, [100];
temple Ish-gu-tur of Nin-Mar, [100].
Marad, city in Babylonia, temple of Lugal-Marada, [242];
native place of Gilgamesh, [473].
Marcheshwan, see [Arakh-shamnu].
Marduk, 2d Bab. period, deity of Babylon, [54], [96];
child par excellence of Ea, [96], [548];
prominence of his cult since Hammurabi, [116], [134]-5, [690]-1;
his titles, [118], [126], [239], [240], [276], [500], [576], [630];
identification with Bel and Ea, [118];
solar deity, [118], [119], [528], [576], [690];
his warlike traits, [119];
in religious texts, [120];
temples in Babylon (E-Sagila) and Borsippa, [121], [241], [636], [639];
his papakhu, [640];
his consort, [121]-4, [228];
statue brought from Nineveh to E-Sagila, [684];
his statue recovered by Agum, [122], [152], [670], [687];
lord of E-Sagila and E-Zida, [126];
New Year's Day his festival, [127], [631], [678], [681];
mediator betw. Ea and mankind, [139], [276];
Marduk and Ea in incantation texts, [139]-40;
conquers Tiâmat, [140], [197], [408], [422];
rivaled by Ramman, [158];
during the Cassite period, [162];
called Sag-ila, [169];
lord of Anunnaki and Igigi, [186], [239];
absorbs the rôle of other gods, [190], [409];
builds Eshara, [198];
blended with Bel, [54], [145]-6, [148], [222], [542];
Bel's titles applied to, [222], [409], [542], [635];
position in the Assyrian pantheon, [224]-5, [239];
associated with Ashur, [224];
associated with Ashur, Shamash, and Ramman, [224];
second to Ashur, [239];
prominence of his cult in the neo-B. period, [239]-40;
rivaled by Nabu in the pantheon of Nebopolassar, [240], [679];
also in old Bab period, [648];
in incantations, [272]-3, [276];
in the Shurpu series, [288];
in hymns, [307] ff.;
lord of rest, [309];
god of oracles, esp. in the south, [342], [345];
zodiacal interpretation, [370], [434], [458]-9, [676]-7;
his double aspect in the creation epic, [409], [432], [450];
takes the tablets of fate from Kingu, [428] (cf. [542], [681]);
creates the universe, [428] ff., [447];
establishes the districts of Anu, Bel, and Ea, [432];
arranges the stations of the gods in the zodiacal system, [434];
creates man, [437] (cf. Ea, Bel, [443], [448]);
the fifty names (of the Igigi) are bestowed upon M., [438];
creates the Anunnaki, [447];
= Nibir, i.e., Jupiter, exercises control over all the stars, [434], [458]-9;
8th month sacred to M., [463], [678], [686];
Marduk as Sharru in the deluge story, [500];
absent in the deluge story, [508];
dogs symbol of the solar god Marduk, [528];
conquers Zu, [542];
identified with Adapa, [548];
temple at Ashur, [637];
zikkurat at Babylon, [639];
ship of Marduk, [655];
procession on New Year, [679];
spec. festival instituted by Agum, [687].
Marduk-baladan, of Babylon, [129].
Marduk-nadin-akhe, king of Babylon, carried statues of Ramman and Shala to Babylon, [212].
Marriage offerings, time of, [59];
to Bau, [59].
Mars = Nergal, name of planet, [370], [459];
the "sheep" par excellence, [459].
Mar-tu = Ramman, [166], [212].
Marwa, hill in Mecca, [687].