Editing Sin (mythology) (section)

====The Diyala basin====
Sin played an important role in the [[Diyala River|Diyala]] basin, for example in an inscription of [[Dadusha]] of [[Eshnunna]] enumerating the major deities of his kingdom he is listed directly after [[Anu]] and [[Enlil]], which is a position where usually [[Enki]] (Ea) would be expected to appear.{{sfn|Lambert|2013|p=362}} It is possible that he had a temple in the city of Eshnunna itself, which might be mentioned in a year name of [[Ibal-pi-el II]].{{sfn|George|1993|p=138}} [[Tutub]] was recognized as his cult center in this area, and excavations indicate that the temple dedicated to him existed in the [[Jemdet Nasr period|Jemdat Nasr period]] already.{{sfn|Krebernik|1997|p=368}} An ''en'' priestess dedicated to him resided in this city, similarly as in Ur.{{sfn|Krebernik|1997|p=367}} However, the city eventually lost its importance as a cult center of Sin.{{sfn|Hall|1985|p=227}} A further house of worship dedicated to him has been identified during excavations in [[Tell Ishchali]],{{sfn|George|2003|p=260}} most likely the site of ancient Nērebtum.{{sfn|George|2003|p=259}}

Sin is also the most commonly occurring god in personal names known from tablets from the [[Chogha Gavaneh]] site in western [[Iran]], which in the early second millennium BCE was an Akkadian settlement most likely connected to the kingdom of Eshnunna.{{sfn|Abdi|Beckman|2007|p=48}}