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One of the hypostases of the Aramaean ʿAttar was 𐡏𐡕𐡓𐡔𐡌𐡉𐡍 (ʿAttar-Šamayin), that is the ʿAttar of the Heavens: in this role, ʿAttar was the incarnation of the sky's procreative power in the form of the moisture provided by rain, which made fertile his consort, the goddess of the Earth which has been dried up by the summer heat.
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 ...
Ishtar [95] Eanna temple in Uruk, [96] [46] [53] though she also had temples in Nippur, Lagash, Shuruppak, Zabalam, and Ur [96] Venus [46] Inanna, later known as Ishtar, is "the most important female deity of ancient Mesopotamia at all periods." [95] She was the Sumerian goddess of love, sexuality, prostitution, and war. [97]
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).
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