Sin

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Mesopotamian deity moon god wisdom deity

Sin is the Mesopotamian god of the moon, associated with wisdom, timekeeping, and the regulation of the calendar.

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Label	Occurrences
Sin canonical	30

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesopotamian deity ⓘ moon god ⓘ wisdom deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nanna ⓘ Nanna ⓘ surface form: Nanna-Suen Suen ⓘ
associatedRitual	full moon observances ⓘ new moon festivals ⓘ
associatedWith	cattle ⓘ divination ⓘ fertility ⓘ omens ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
child	Ereshkigal ⓘ Inanna ⓘ Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar Shamash ⓘ
consort	Ninhursag ⓘ surface form: Ningal
culture	Akkadian culture ⓘ Assyrian culture ⓘ Babylonians ⓘ surface form: Babylonian culture Sumerian culture ⓘ
depictedAs	bearded god with crescent on horned crown ⓘ
domain	Moon ⓘ calendar regulation ⓘ night sky ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ
epithet	He who measures the days ⓘ Lord of the Month ⓘ
equivalent	Nanna ⓘ surface form: Sumerian god Nanna
majorCultCenter	Harran ⓘ Ur ⓘ
mythologicalFunction	determining fates through lunar omens ⓘ
parent	Enlil ⓘ Ninlil ⓘ
religion	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
roleInPantheon	chief lunar deity ⓘ marker of seasons ⓘ regulator of months ⓘ
symbol	crescent moon ⓘ horned crown ⓘ
temple	E-gishnugal ⓘ E-hulhul ⓘ
worshipPeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
worshipRegion	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant northern Mesopotamia ⓘ southern Mesopotamia ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inanna → parent → Sin ⓘ

Pelusium → knownAs → Sin ⓘ

Ur → dedicatedToDeity → Sin ⓘ

Ur → patronDeity → Sin ⓘ

Enlil → child → Sin ⓘ

Ur of the Chaldeans → majorDeityWorshipped → Sin ⓘ

Haran → cultCenterOf → Sin ⓘ

Haran → associatedDeity → Sin ⓘ

Babylonian polytheism → majorDeity → Sin ⓘ

Shamash → parent → Sin ⓘ

Ereshkigal → sibling → Sin ⓘ

Nanna → equivalent → Sin ⓘ

Ninlil → parentOf → Sin ⓘ

Ninlil → associatedDeity → Sin ⓘ

Ziggurat of Ur → dedicatedTo → Sin ⓘ

Soldiers of Fortune → character → Sin ⓘ

Assyrian religion → pantheonIncludes → Sin ⓘ

World Heritage Site (Ur) → majorDeity → Sin ⓘ

subject surface form: Ur

Sin-leqi-unninni → nameElement → Sin ⓘ

Sin-leqi-unninni → associatedDeity → Sin ⓘ

Jaime Cardinal Sin → familyName → Sin ⓘ

Ḫarrānu → majorDeity → Sin ⓘ

Ḫarrānu → cultCenterOf → Sin ⓘ

Ḫarrānu → templeDedicatedTo → Sin ⓘ

Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Sin ⓘ

Crossbones → hasRomanticRelationshipWith → Sin ⓘ

King Taksin → birthName → Sin ⓘ

Babylonian calendar → associatedWithDeity → Sin ⓘ

Aya → associatedDeity → Sin ⓘ

Babylonian kingship ideology → hasKeyDeity → Sin ⓘ