ID: 901001831 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001831	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)

Note: Interwoven with Sumerian Inanna; also the Akkadian counterpart to Astarte.

Names:

	Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Ištar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	meaning/usage overlaps with .... Inanna
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Inanna (Sumerian deity)) [901002162]

	counterpart is .... Astarte
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Astarte (Middle Eastern deity)) [901000784]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... sex (personal activity)
	.....(personal and passive activities, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2016036350
	Ištar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2016036350
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)