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Sin (/ Λ s iΛ n /) or Suen (Akkadian: πππͺ, d EN.ZU [1]) also known as Nanna (Sumerian: πππ D ŠEŠ.KI, D NANNA [2]) is the Mesopotamian god representing the moon. While these two names originate in two different languages, respectively Akkadian and Sumerian , they were already used interchangeably to refer to one deity in ...
Nanna, Enzu or Zuen ("Lord of Wisdom") in Sumerian, later altered as Suen and Sin in Akkadian, [90] is the ancient Mesopotamian god of the Moon. [49] He was the son of Enlil and Ninlil and one of his most prominent myths was an account of how he was conceived and how he made his way from the Underworld to Nippur. [ 49 ]
Naram-Sin, also transcribed NarΔm-Sîn or Naram-Suen (Akkadian: ππΎππ πππͺ: D Na-ra-am D Sîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "π" a determinative marking the name of a god; died c. 2218 BC), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned c. 2255 –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad.
The sun god was one of the principal deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon. [13] In the Early Dynastic god list from Fara, he is the sixth among the deities listed, after Anu, Enlil, Inanna, Enki and Nanna. [14] In later god lists, for example in An = Anum, he and his circle appears between Nanna (Sin) and Ishkur (Adad). [14]
However, according to the god list An = Anum, a god bearing the name Yabnu (d ia-ab-na) was the "Enlil of Elam." [135] Wilfred G. Lambert concluded that Jabru and Yabnu should be considered two spellings of the same name. [7] While Jabru is described as an Elamite god in Mesopotamian sources, no known Elamite texts mention him. [7]
He was also the inventor of writing, a divine scribe, the patron god of the rational arts, and a god of vegetation. [8]: 33–34 [9] As the god of writing, Nabu inscribed the fates assigned to men and he was equated with the scribe god Ninurta. [9] [10] As an oracle he was associated with the Mesopotamian moon god Sin.
The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 2254–2218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris.The relief measures 2 meters in height (6' 7") [1] and was carved in pinkish sandstone, [2] with cuneiform writings in Akkadian and Elamite.
The earliest written records concerning Harran suggest that the city itself was founded c. 2500 [8] –2000 BC [4] [21] as a merchant outpost by traders from the Sumerian city of Ur. [4] [21] Harran was from early on associated with the Mesopotamian moon-god Nanna (later known as Sin) [4] and soon became regarded as a sacred city of the moon.