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Semitic goddess, variant of Ishtar
Deities of the ancient Near East
Ancient Egyptian
Arabian
Eblaite
Elamite
Hurrian and Hittite
Levantine
(Canaanite and Ugaritic)
Mesopotamian
Religions of the ancient Near East

Ishtarat was a Semitic deity worshipped in the city of Mari, Syria. Her temple was found in 1952.

Ishtarat was most probably a variant of Ishtar, who was worshipped beside Ishtarat in Mari.

References

Citations

  1. Haldar 1971, p. 16.
  2. Parrot 1960, p. 348.
  3. Bryce 2009, p. 450.

Sources

  • Haldar, Alfred (1971). Who Were the Amorites?. Monographs on the ancient Near East. Vol. 1. Brill. OCLC 2656977.
  • Parrot, André (1960). Sumer: the Dawn of Art. Arts of mankind. Vol. 1. Golden Press. OCLC 894314358.
  • Bryce, Trevor (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-15908-6.
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