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	<sup>d</sup>''Sîn'' (𒀭𒌍) is an ancient Mesopotamian name of the [[:Category:Moon\|Moon]]. The lunar crescent is frequently depicted on kudurru stones and seals, in most cases together with the Sun and Venus on the top of the image. In this ritual context, the Moon is considered a divine witness and judge that observes everything from above.		<sup>d</sup>''Sîn'' (𒀭𒌍) is an ancient Mesopotamian name of the [[:Category:Moon\|Moon]]. The lunar crescent is frequently depicted on kudurru stones and seals, in most cases together with the Sun and Venus on the top of the image. In this ritual context, the Moon is considered a divine witness and judge that observes everything from above.

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	See. [Rochberg-Halton 1988<ref name=":2">''Rochberg-Halton F.'' ~~Elements~~ of ~~the~~ Babylonian ~~Contribution to Hellenistic Astrology // JAOS~~. 1988~~. Vol. 108. P. 51-62~~.</ref>, 40, 56, passim; Borger 1973<ref>''Borger R.'' Keilschrifttexte verschiedenen Inhalts / Symbolae Biblicae et Mesopotamicae. Festschrift Th. de Liagre Böhl. Ed. M.A.Beek et al., 38-55. Leiden, 1973.</ref>, LB 1321; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Malibu, Undena Publications, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, III 24b, 30a, VI 6, XVIII 9; BPO 3<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.</ref>, 286; Largement 1957<ref>''Largement R.'' Contribution à l’Etude des Astres errants dans l’Astrologie chaldéenne // ZA 18, 235-264.</ref>, 240:23b-25a, 246:55-56, 251: 93, 252:94-95; Leibovici 1957<ref>''M. Leibovici'', Un Texte Astrologique d'Uruk, RA 51, No. 1, 21-27, 1957.</ref>; Verderame 2002<ref>''Verderame L.'' Enūma Anu Enlil Tablets 1-13 // Under One Sky. Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient Near East. Ed. J.M.Steele – A.Imhausen. Münster, Ugarit-Verlag 2002. P. 447- 455.</ref>, 248; Rochberg-Halton 1987a<ref>''Rochberg-Halton F. '' The Assumed 29<sup>th</sup> ''aẖû '' Tablet of ''Enūma Anu Enlil'' / Fs. Reiner, 327-350.</ref>; Van Soldt 1995<ref>''Soldt W.H. van''. Solar Omens of Enuma Anu Enlil: Tablets 23(24) – 29(30). Istanbul, 1995.</ref>, 149; SpTU I<ref name=":3">''Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk.'' Teil I / Bearb. von H.Hunger. Berlin, 1976.</ref>, 90:15-16; 91:6'-10'; SpTU II<ref>''Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk.'' Teil II / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Berlin, 1983.</ref>, 40].		See. [Rochberg-Halton 1988<ref name=":2">''Rochberg-Halton F''. Aspect of Babylonian Celestial Divination: The Lunar Eclipse Tablets of Enuma Anu Enlil. Horn, 1988 (AfO, Beiheft 22).</ref>, 40, 56, passim; Borger 1973<ref>''Borger R.'' Keilschrifttexte verschiedenen Inhalts / Symbolae Biblicae et Mesopotamicae. Festschrift Th. de Liagre Böhl. Ed. M.A.Beek et al., 38-55. Leiden, 1973.</ref>, LB 1321; BPO 2<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Enuma Anu Enlil, Tablets 50-51. Malibu, Undena Publications, 1981 (Babylonian Planetary Omens: Part Two).</ref>, III 24b, 30a, VI 6, XVIII 9; BPO 3<ref>''Reiner E., Pingree D''. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.</ref>, 286; Largement 1957<ref>''Largement R.'' Contribution à l’Etude des Astres errants dans l’Astrologie chaldéenne // ZA 18, 235-264.</ref>, 240:23b-25a, 246:55-56, 251: 93, 252:94-95; Leibovici 1957<ref>''M. Leibovici'', Un Texte Astrologique d'Uruk, RA 51, No. 1, 21-27, 1957.</ref>; Verderame 2002<ref>''Verderame L.'' Enūma Anu Enlil Tablets 1-13 // Under One Sky. Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient Near East. Ed. J.M.Steele – A.Imhausen. Münster, Ugarit-Verlag 2002. P. 447- 455.</ref>, 248; Rochberg-Halton 1987a<ref>''Rochberg-Halton F. '' The Assumed 29<sup>th</sup> ''aẖû '' Tablet of ''Enūma Anu Enlil'' / Fs. Reiner, 327-350.</ref>; Van Soldt 1995<ref>''Soldt W.H. van''. Solar Omens of Enuma Anu Enlil: Tablets 23(24) – 29(30). Istanbul, 1995.</ref>, 149; SpTU I<ref name=":3">''Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk.'' Teil I / Bearb. von H.Hunger. Berlin, 1976.</ref>, 90:15-16; 91:6'-10'; SpTU II<ref>''Špätbabylonische Texte aus Uruk.'' Teil II / Bearb. von Weiher E. von. Berlin, 1983.</ref>, 40].
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	===Additional===		===Additional===

	==== ~~II.~~ Deity.====		==== Deity.====
	Sîn is one of the most popular astral deities of Mesopotamia.		Sîn is one of the most popular astral deities of Mesopotamia.

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	(2) Namburbi spell series: a spell "against the evil (foreshadowed) by an eclipse of the moon" [CT 41, 23:3; Ebeling 1954, 10-11].		(2) Namburbi spell series: a spell "against the evil (foreshadowed) by an eclipse of the moon" [CT 41, 23:3; Ebeling 1954, 10-11].

	==== ~~III.~~ Symbol.====		==== Symbol.====
	Since ancient times, the symbol of the lunar deity on seals and kudurru served as months, cf. [Kurtik 2007, figs. 15, 16, 18, 19, 21-28, 32, 34, 35, 37-39, 48].		Since ancient times, the symbol of the lunar deity on seals and kudurru served as months, cf. [Kurtik 2007, figs. 15, 16, 18, 19, 21-28, 32, 34, 35, 37-39, 48].

	====~~IV.~~ Astrology.====		====Astrology.====
	For a corpus of astrological predictions related to the Moon, see the literature cited above, as well as other articles in this edition.		For a corpus of astrological predictions related to the Moon, see the literature cited above, as well as other articles in this edition.

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	As the obverse of tablet VAT 7851 indeed mentions a lunar eclipse.		As the obverse of tablet VAT 7851 indeed mentions a lunar eclipse.

	==~~Dictionary~~==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
	Lunar deity Sin; var. readings and designations: <sup>d</sup>30, <sup>d</sup>EŠ, <sup>d</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>+GAN<sub>2</sub>, <sup>d</sup>EN.ZU, ZU:EN.NA [G. 352]. Modern editions often use a simplified form for recording the name of Sin — Sin/<sup>d</sup>Sin (without fixing the longitude) as the equivalent of 30/<sup>d</sup>30. On the numerical system of recording the names of the gods see. [Litke 1998, 37, note 150]. See also (Kurtik d09) [[DINGIR]], (Kurtik m32) [[MUL.(d)GAL\|MUL.GAL]], (Kurtik L16) [[LUGAL.GIR3.RA\|<sup>d</sup>LUGAL.GIR<sub>3</sub>.RA]], (Kurtik n06) [[NANNA\|<sup>d</sup>NANNA]].		Lunar deity Sin; var. readings and designations: <sup>d</sup>30, <sup>d</sup>EŠ, <sup>d</sup>AB<sub>2</sub>+GAN<sub>2</sub>, <sup>d</sup>EN.ZU, ZU:EN.NA [G. 352]. Modern editions often use a simplified form for recording the name of Sin — Sin/<sup>d</sup>Sin (without fixing the longitude) as the equivalent of 30/<sup>d</sup>30. On the numerical system of recording the names of the gods see. [Litke 1998, 37, note 150]. See also (Kurtik d09) [[DINGIR]], (Kurtik m32) [[MUL.(d)GAL\|MUL.GAL]], (Kurtik L16) [[LUGAL.GIR3.RA\|<sup>d</sup>LUGAL.GIR<sub>3</sub>.RA]], (Kurtik n06) [[NANNA\|<sup>d</sup>NANNA]].

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	===Lunar Eclipse===		===Lunar Eclipse===


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	See also [SpTU I, 27 r. 14; SpTU IV, 161], Sîn(AB<sub>2</sub>+GAN<sub>2</sub>) [SpTU I, 84:1,3 + Bemerk.].		See also [SpTU I, 27 r. 14; SpTU IV, 161], Sîn(AB<sub>2</sub>+GAN<sub>2</sub>) [SpTU I, 84:1,3 + Bemerk.].

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	Sîn is one of the most popular astral deities of Mesopotamia.		Sîn is one of the most popular astral deities of Mesopotamia.

	~~Prayers~~ and ~~rituals~~:		===== Prayers and rituals: =====
			(1) The ritual of "washing of the mouth" (''mīs pî'') or "reviving" the statue-deity: 2 KEŠDA.MEŠ ''a-na'' <sup>d</sup>''Sin u'' <sup>d</sup>UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ''tara-kas''<sub>2</sub> KI.MIN(= KA.LUḪ.U<sub>3</sub>.DA DU<sub>3</sub>-''uš'') "2 altars for the Moon and Saturn you set up (and perform) the same (= washing of the mouth)" [Smith 1925; TuL 105:30; Reiner 1995, 141; SAALT I, 71:30].

	* (1) The ritual of "washing of the mouth" (''mīs pî'') or "reviving" the statue-deity: 2 KEŠDA.MEŠ ''a-na'' <sup>d</sup>''Sin u'' <sup>d</sup>UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ''tara-kas''<sub>2</sub> KI.MIN(= KA.LUḪ.U<sub>3</sub>.DA DU<sub>3</sub>-''uš'') "2 altars for the Moon and Saturn you set up (and perform) the same (= washing of the mouth)" [Smith 1925; TuL 105:30; Reiner 1995, 141; SAALT I, 71:30].		(2) Namburbi spell series: a spell "against the evil (foreshadowed) by an eclipse of the moon" [CT 41, 23:3; Ebeling 1954, 10-11].
	*(2) Namburbi spell series: a spell "against the evil (foreshadowed) by an eclipse of the moon" [CT 41, 23:3; Ebeling 1954, 10-11].

	==== III. Symbol.====		==== III. Symbol.====

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	<sup>d</sup>''Sîn'' is an ancient Mesopotamian name of the [[:Category:Moon\|Moon]]. The lunar crescent is frequently depicted on kudurru stones and seals, in most cases together with the Sun and Venus on the top of the image. In this ritual context, the Moon is considered a divine witness and judge that observes everything from above.		<sup>d</sup>''Sîn'' (𒀭𒌍) is an ancient Mesopotamian name of the [[:Category:Moon\|Moon]]. The lunar crescent is frequently depicted on kudurru stones and seals, in most cases together with the Sun and Venus on the top of the image. In this ritual context, the Moon is considered a divine witness and judge that observes everything from above.

	==Name Variants and History==		==Name Variants and History==

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	* The term for "month", ''Arḫum'', is occasionally also used for Moon.		* The term for "month", ''[[Arḫum]]'', is occasionally also used for Moon.
	* The two male gods depicted in the constellation of the [[MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL\|Great Twins]], [[LUGAL.GIR3.RA\|Lugalirra]] & [[MES.LAM.TA.E3.A\|Meslamta’ea]], are gods of the Netherworld that are also connected to the Moon.		* The two male gods depicted in the constellation of the [[MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL\|Great Twins]], [[LUGAL.GIR3.RA\|Lugalirra]] & [[MES.LAM.TA.E3.A\|Meslamta’ea]], are gods of the Netherworld that are also connected to the Moon.
	* The Sumerian goddess [[NANNA]] is a moon goddess.		* The Sumerian goddess [[NANNA]] is a moon goddess.