Editing Sin (mythology) (section)

====Early history====
In [[upper Mesopotamia]], the most widely recognized cult center of Sin was [[Harran]].{{sfn|Krebernik|1997|p=368}} Melanie Groß states that Sin might have been introduced to Harran from [[Ur]] during the reign of the [[Third Dynasty of Ur]], when the city served primarily as a trading center.{{sfn|Groß|2014|p=140}} Similar view has been advanced by Steven Holloway.{{sfn|Holloway|2002|p=390}} However, Harran is first linked with Sin in texts from the [[Old Babylonian period]].{{sfn|Krebernik|1997|p=368}} The city itself is already attested in [[Eblaite language|Eblaite]] sources from the twenty fourth century BCE.{{sfn|Archi|2015|p=401}} They indicate it was among the settlements which officially recognized the hegemony of [[Ebla]] over northern [[Syria]].{{sfn|Archi|2015|p=11}} While Sin (Suinu) was worshiped in this area, offerings to him are not mentioned frequently in the Eblaite archive,{{sfn|Archi|2015|pp=596-597}} and the city regarded as his cult center was apparently NI-''rar''.{{sfn|Archi|2015|p=598}} Alfonso Archi argues that he was not introduced there from [[lower Mesopotamia]], and points out he was locally associated with the [[Balikh River]].{{sfn|Archi|2015|p=600}} A single source mentions an individual who served as a priest of both Suinu and [[Baliḫa]], a duo of deities representing this watercourse.{{sfn|Archi|2015|p=598}}