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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Nebo

the god of science and literature, is said to have invented cuneiform writing. His temple was at Borsippa, but his worship was carried wherever Babylonian letters penetrated. Thus we had Mount Nebo in Moab, and the city of Nebo in Judea.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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