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    Uruk Sîn-kāšid (inscribed in Akkadian: 𒀭𒂗𒍪𒂵𒅆𒀉: EN.ZU-kà-ši-id) was the king of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the first half of the...
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    Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narām-Sîn or Naram-Suen (Akkadian: 𒀭𒈾𒊏𒄠𒀭𒂗𒍪: DNa-ra-am DSîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" a determinative...
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    completely replace Marduk with Sîn as the head of the Mesopotamian pantheon, the extent to which Nabonidus's devotion to Sîn led to religious reforms is...
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  • known from sources from the first millennium BCE. Texts from the reign of Sîn-kāšid of Uruk refer to Dūrum as the cult center of Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea...
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    Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771...
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  • 1800 BC), Sîn-kāšid, his son Sîn-irībam, his son Sîn-gāmil, Ilum-gāmil, brother of Sîn-gāmil, Etēia, Anam, ÌR-ne-ne, who was defeated by Rīm-Sîn I of Larsa...
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    Sennacherib (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀭𒌍𒉽𒈨𒌍𒋢, romanized: Sîn-ahhī-erība or Sîn-aḥḥē-erība, meaning "Sîn has replaced the brothers") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian...
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    Naram-Sin (2254–2218 BC), due to vast military conquests, assumed the imperial title "King Naram-Sin, king of the four-quarters" (Lugal Naram-Sîn, Šar...
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    Sumu-binasa, Naram-Sin of Uruk, Sîn-kāšid, Sîn-iribam, Sîn-gamil, Ilum-gamil, Anam, Irdanene, Rim-Anum, Nabi-ilišu, and an unknown king. The name "Sîn-gāmil" on...
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    palace") is said to be Ninsun's temple in Uruk, but an inscription of Sîn-kāšid indicates it was originally a temple of Ninisina, while in a document...
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