An interesting reference to Harran, bearing witness to its ancient dignity, is found in an inscription of Sargon II.

of Assyria (722-706 B.C.), who enumerates among his claims to the favor of the gods, that he restored the "laws and customs of Harran," by which he evidently means that he was instrumental in giving the place, the dignity it once enjoyed.

A curious feature connected with Sin, is the occurrence of the name in Mount Sinai, in the wilderness of Sin, as well as in an inscription of Southern Arabia.

May not this be a further testimony to the association of Harran with Sin, since it is from Harran that the departure of the Hebrews for the west took place?
What more natural than that in the migrations which carried the Hebrews to the west, the worship of Sin should have been transferred to Arabia ?[62] Important as Ur and Harran are as sacred towns, politically they do not retain their prominence after the days of Hammurabi.

The amalgamation of Nannar with Sin, and the almost exclusive occurrence of the latter name in later times, does not of necessity point to a preponderating influence of Harran over Ur, but may be due to the greater fame which the former place acquired as the goal of religious pilgrimages.