ISHTAR (Babylonian Goddess)

archaeological finds:

cylindrical seal (Syria): w95 11/15 20

image: ip-2 124

discussion: w91 7/1 3-4; sh 45

goddess of Nineveh: it-2 503

links with other goddesses: sh 45

Anahita (Persia): it-1 977

Atargatis (Syria): sh 65

Inanna (Sumer): it-2 1064-1065

link with Easter: g93 11/22 13

mention in Epic of Gilgamesh: sh 48

“queen of the heavens”: it-2 721

relationship with Tammuz: it-1 974; it-2 1064-1065

triad with Shamash and Sin: it-2 529; re 250

worship similar to worship of Mary: w89 4/1 7-8