Stele of the priest Si Gabbor

[The Librarian]

This funerary stele presents
under a long inscription in Aramaic
a figurative scene with a priest seated at the banquet.

The cult of the moon god, Sîn in Akkadian,
is already well established in the Aleppo region of Syria.
In the long dedication the deceased takes stock
of his life and says his desire for a beautiful death
and to enjoy the rest in the Hereafter without its remains being desecrated.

Material used	basalt
Location	Room 302, Sully Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris, Metropolis of Greater Paris, Île-de-France, Metropolitan France, France
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/stele-priest-si-gabbor

 

[The Librarian]

An epitaph

The inscription reads: "Si Gabbor, a priest of Shahar at Neirab. This is my image. Because I have served him with integrity, he [Shahar] has given me a good reputation and a long life. On the day of my death, my mouth could still speak and I saw with my eyes four generations of my descendants. They were weeping and grieving over me. They put no silver or bronze objects beside me; they put nothing but my clothes on me, so that my tomb would not be violated. Whoever thou may be, O thou who harmest me by moving me, may Shahar and Nikkal and Nusku make thy death shameful and may thy descendants perish."

[Arauna]

The city of Ur was a moongod city, Haran where Abraham lived until his father died was a moongod city.   Sinai was also known to be a moongod region.  Moon worship was as prevalent as sun worship.  Many desert regions worshipped the moon because of the dew that came at night.