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Updated: May 18, 2025
We have seen that the moon-cult at an early period enjoyed greater importance than sun-worship. The temples of Sin were centers of intellectual activity. It is in these places that we may expect some day to find elaborate astronomical and astrological records. It is Nabonnedos, again, who endeavors to restore the ancient prestige of the sanctuary at Harran.
Its name was likewise E-Babbara. The two chief places for the moon-cult were Ur and Harran. The name of Sin's temple at the former place was E-Gish-shir-gal, 'the house of the great light'; at the latter, E-khulklul, 'the house of joys. Around both sanctuaries, but particularly around the former, cluster sacred traditions.
It is disappointing that up to the present so little has been ascertained of the details of the moon-cult the great rival to Shamash worship in the old cities of Ur and Harran.
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