ma-ku-a

Updated: May 22, 2025

Marduk's ship was appropriately known as Ma-ku-a, 'the ship of the dwelling. Similarly, a ship of the god Sin was called 'ship of light, reminding one of the name of the great temple to the moon-god at Ur, 'the house of the great luminary. The ship of Nin-gal, the consort of Sin, was called 'the lesser light. Bau's ship was described by an epithet of the goddess as 'the ship of the brilliant offspring, the reference being to the descent of the goddess from father Anu.

Morris Jastrow - The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria