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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:00, 7 December 2009: 800 × 800 (13 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.
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
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.
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
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 ...
Inanna/Ishtar as harlot or goddess of harlots was a well known theme in Mesopotamian mythology and in one text, Inanna is called kar-kid (harlot) and ab-ba-[šú]-šú, which in Akkadian would be rendered kilili. Thus there appears to be a cluster of metaphors linking prostitute and owl and the goddess Inanna/Ishtar; this could match the most ...
The concept of divinity in Sumerian is closely associated with the heavens, as is evident from the fact that the cuneiform sign doubles as the ideogram for 'sky', and that its original shape is the picture of a star. The eight-pointed star was a chief symbol for the goddess Inanna.
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