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For filled version, see File:Ishtar-star-symbol-simplified-filled.svg ; for one ancient version, see File:Kudurru Melishipak Louvre Sb23 Ishtar-star.jpg ; for more elaborate version, see File:Ishtar-star-symbol.svg ; for another simplified modern version of the ancient star of Ishtar symbol, see File:Flag_of_Iraq_1959-1963.svg
Epithet Location Notes Akuṣitum Akus [29]: Akuṣitum (also spelled Akusitum) was the epithet of Inanna as the goddess of Akus, attested in royal inscriptions of the Manāna dynasty near Kish, in a later religious text pertaining to the deities of that city, in the god list An = Anum (tablet IV, line 134), and in the name of one of the gates of Babylon.
Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power.Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯).
During later times, slaves who worked in Ishtar's temples were sometimes branded with the seal of the eight-pointed star. [3] On boundary stones and cylinder seals , the eight-pointed star is sometimes shown alongside the crescent moon , which was the symbol of Sin , god of the Moon, and the rayed solar disk , which was a symbol of Shamash ...
The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions.
Queen of Heaven was a title given to several ancient sky goddesses worshipped throughout the ancient Mediterranean and the ancient Near East.Goddesses known to have been referred to by the title include Inanna, Anat, Isis, Nut, Astarte, and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah).
In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲 [D EREŠ.KI.GAL]), lit. "Queen of the Great Earth") [1] [2] [a] was the goddess of Kur, the land of the dead or underworld in Sumerian mythology.
[12] [13] While Gilgamesh and Enkidu are resting, Ishtar stands up on the walls of Uruk and curses Gilgamesh. [12] [14] [15] Enkidu tears off the Bull's right thigh and throws it at Ishtar's face. [12] [14] [15] [10] Ishtar calls together "the crimped courtesans, prostitutes and harlots" [12] and orders them to mourn for the Bull of Heaven.