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Updated: July 28, 2025
The amalgamation of Nannar with Sin, and the almost exclusive occurrence of the latter name in later times, does not of necessity point to a preponderating influence of Harran over Ur, but may be due to the greater fame which the former place acquired as the goal of religious pilgrimages.
O Sin, O Nannar! mighty one ... O Sin, thou who alone givest light, Extending light to mankind, Showing favor to the black-headed ones, Thy light shines in heaven ... Thy torch is brilliant as fire; Thy light fills the broad earth. Thy light is glorious as the Sun ... Before thee the great gods lie prostrate; The fate of the world rests with thee.
In the old cuneiform writing the same sign is used to indicate "lord" or "lady" when attached to deities. Ishtar appears among Semites both as a male and as a female deity. Sex was primarily a question of strength. The stronger god was viewed as masculine; the weaker as feminine. Nannar and Sin. The latter, as we have seen, is the "lustrous one," the former, the "one that furnishes light."
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