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The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org نجمة عشتار; Usage on en.wikiquote.org Wikiquote:Quote of the day/September 2013; Wikiquote:Quote of the day/September 2, 2013; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Ishtar; Ester; Estrella de Ishtar; Nacionalismo iraquí; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org ستاره ایشتار; Usage on ...
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
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 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 ...
During the Neo-Assyrian Period (911 – 609 BCE), the rosette may have actually eclipsed the eight-pointed star and become Ishtar's primary symbol. [84] The temple of Ishtar in the city of Aššur was adorned with numerous rosettes. [83] Inanna/Ishtar was associated with lions, [76] [77] which the ancient Mesopotamians regarded as a symbol of ...
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