Protected by MardukCalling down curses on anyone who defaces it, this ninth-century stela from Babylon is dedicated to a priest of Marduk by his son. British Museum, London Photograph by Erich ...

Intriguingly, "Babylon" is inscribed at one terminus of ... a block of text narrates the cosmological genesis orchestrated by Marduk, the paramount deity of Babylonia. This text interweaves ...