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33 _seq._ [59] On Sippar, see Sayce, _Hibbert Lectures_, etc., 168-169, who finds in the Old Testament form "Sepharvayim" a trace of this double Sippar.
Dr.Ward's suggestion, however, in regard to Anbar, as representing this 'second' Sippar, is erroneous.
[60] _E.g._, in Southern Arabia.

See W.Robertson Smith, _The Religion of the Semites_, I.59.
[61] In Rabbinical literature, the moon is compared to a 'heifer' (Talmud Babli Rosh-hashana 22 _b_).
[62] That the name of Sin should have been introduced into Mesopotamia through the 'Arabic' dynasty (see above, p.

39) is less probable, though not impossible in the light of recent discoveries.
[63] Innanna may be separated into _In_ = lord or lady, and _nanna_; _in_ and _nanna_ would then be elements added to "lady," conveying perhaps the idea of greatness.

See Jensen's remarks, _Keils Bibl._ 3, I, 20, note 4.
[64] _Rec.


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