Babylonian cult of Marduk at Esagila | Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Neutral catalog summary

About this record

Babylonian cult of Marduk at Esagila is cataloged as a Historical religion / cult within Historical Religions & Mystery Cults. Its public geographic context is “Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned” and its period or origin is “Second millennium BCE–late first millennium BCE.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Ancient Babylonian religion.”

This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.

Record fields

Alternate / historical names: Cult of Marduk at Esagila; Esagila temple cult; Marduk cult of Babylon; Bel-Marduk cult
Parent tradition: Ancient Babylonian religion
Public geographic context: Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Period / origin: Second millennium BCE–late first millennium BCE
Living / historical status: Historical city and state cult
Access / protocol: Scholarly / historical only
Evidence status: Directly cited

Geography

Candidate

Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned

Historical or contested context in the source record is not converted into a modern political claim.

Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.

Where to read more

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Source 1britannica.com

Source 2cambridge.org

Stable attribution

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Babylonian cult of Marduk at Esagila. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1524. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1524

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