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Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: ... 1=Colored version of the ancient Mesopotamian eight-pointed star symbol of the goddess Ishtar (Inana/Inanna ...
Inanna/Ishtar was associated with lions, [76] [77] which the ancient Mesopotamians regarded as a symbol of power. [76] Her associations with lions began during Sumerian times; [ 77 ] a chlorite bowl from the temple of Inanna at Nippur depicts a large feline battling a giant snake and a cuneiform inscription on the bowl reads "Inanna and the ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 10:26, 8 December 2009: 800 × 800 (8 KB): Raphael 75 {{Information |Description={{en|1=Colored version of the ancient Mesopotamian eight-pointed star symbol of the goddess Ishtar (Inana/Inanna), representing the planet Venus as morning or evening star.
The star of Inanna usually had eight points, [1] though the exact number of points sometimes varies. [2] Six-pointed stars also occur frequently, but their symbolic meaning is unknown. [3] The eight-pointed star was Inanna's most common symbol, [1] and in later times became the most common symbol of the goddess Ishtar, Inanna's East Semitic ...
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
Simplified version of the ancient Mesopotamian eight-pointed star symbol of the goddess Ishtar (Inana/Inanna), representing the planet Venus as morning or evening star. (Filled version) Date: ancient symbol; this version made as vector shape May 2008 by User:AnonMoos, converted to SVG March 2009: Source
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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: SVG development