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ID: 901002392
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002392
Record Type: Character/Person

Nabu (Assyro-Babylonian deity)

Note: Major god in the Assyro-Babylonian pantheon; patron of the art of writing and a god of vegetation.

Names:
Nabu (Assyro-Babylonian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Nebo (Assyro-Babylonian deity) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
............Nabu (Assyro-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)
affiliated/associated with .... writing (processes)
.....(image-making processes and techniques, processes and techniques by specific type, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Nabu (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2010005612
Nebo (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
................BWR database (2010-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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