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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).
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. (Stroked version) Date: ancient symbol; this version made March 2009 by User:AnonMoos: Source
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 ...
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A sex offender was sent back to prison for 12 months after he breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). James Coombes, 31, of Northampton, was convicted in 2016 of causing/inciting a girl ...
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[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.
Copy of the Akkadian version of Ishtar's Descent into Hell, from the " Library of Ashurbanipal ' in Nineveh, 7th century BC, British Museum, UK.. The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld (or, in its Akkadian version, Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld) or Angalta ("From the Great Sky") is a Sumerian myth that narrates the descent of the goddess Inanna (Ishtar in Akkadian) into the ...