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Marduk
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Marduk is the supreme deity in the Mesopotamian pantheon (deity group), primarily associated with the city-state of Babylon. His cult achieved preeminence following the rise of the Old Babylonian Empire under Hammurabi (c. 18th century BCE), evolving from a minor agricultural deity into the cosmic ruler, often syncretized with earlier Sumerian figures like Enlil. Marduk's enduring theological significance is encapsulated in the …
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Written Knowledge
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The Problem of Unintended Glossolalia
A persistent issue in the transmission of ancient texts involves Unintended Glossolalia (UG). This occurs when a scribe, under duress or extreme fatigue, inadvertently substitutes phonetically similar but semantically alien characters. While easily corrected in phonetic scripts, UG in logographic systems can fundamentally alter core concepts. A famous example involves the interpretation of the Sumerian concept of 'grain allotment,' which, after three distinct transmission errors…