ID: 901002167 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002167	Record Type: Character/Person

	Sin (Akkadian deity)

Note: Merged with the identity of the Sumerian deity, Nanna. His name was originally Su-en, later contracted to Sin, which designated the crescent moon. Sin was represented as an old man with a flowing beard—a wise and unfathomable god—wearing a headdress of four horns surmounted by a crescent moon.

Names:

	Sin (Akkadian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Su-en (Akkadian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Sin (Akkadian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Nanna
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Nanna (Sumerian deity)) [901002166]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Akkadian (culture or style)
	.....(Mesopotamian (culture or style), Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... crescent moons (motif)
	.....(natural element motifs, motifs, design elements (attributes), Design Elements (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Su-en (Akkadian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)