Editing Sin (mythology) (section)

====Assyria====
While in Babylonia sanctuaries dedicated to Sin were typically located in cities associated with deities regarded as his relatives, for example his father Enlil in the case of Nippur and his daughter Ishtar in Uruk and Babylon, in [[Assyria]] they occur mostly in settlements which served as this region's capitals at various points in time.{{sfn|Hätinen|2021|p=330}} A double temple dedicated jointly to him and [[Shamash]], the Eḫulḫuldirdirra, "house of surpassing joys", existed in [[Assur]].{{sfn|George|1993|pp=99-100}} It is not clear if this rarely used ceremonial name was influenced by the better attested {{ill|Eḫulḫul|de|Ehulhul}}, referring to the temple in [[Harran]].{{sfn|Hätinen|2021|p=421}} It was rebuilt by [[Ashur-nirari I]], [[Tukulti-Ninurta I]] and [[Ashurnasirpal II]].{{sfn|George|1993|p=100}} A similar joint temple existed in [[Nineveh]], as indicated in documents from the reign of [[Esarhaddon]], though its name is presently unknown.{{sfn|George|1993|p=170}} Since yet another comparable double sanctuary was located in [[Dur-Sharrukin]], it is possible that the topography of temples of Assur was used as a model for other cities which served as capitals at different points in the history of Assyria.{{sfn|Hätinen|2021|p=418}}

In the [[Old Assyrian period]] Sin was among the [[Mesopotamian deities]] most frequently worshiped by the inhabitants of the [[Old Assyrian period|Old Assyrian]] trading colony (''[[Karum (trade post)|karum]]'') in [[Kanesh]].{{sfn|Taracha|2009|p=27}}