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bīt Sîn

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

The Sumerian ceremonial name of the Sîn temple is not attested in extant Assyrian texts. The building is known only by its common, everyday name, “the temple of the god Sîn.”

Romanized Name(s):
bīt Sîn

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

RIAo Ashurnasirpal II 028

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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