mar-tu

Updated: April 30, 2025

Tiglathpileser I., who once calls the god Mar-tu, i.e., "the West god," has left us an admirable description of him. He is the hero who floods the lands and houses of the country's enemies. The approach of the Assyrian troops is compared to an onslaught of Ramman.

Morris Jastrow - The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria