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(PSD; Black, Green 1992, 109; MPW 1991, I, 595; 1992, II,
197); the latter is identified with the planet Venus (Williams-
Forte 1983, 176; Piška 2003, 4; Kasak, Veede 2001, 14, 22-24;
Kurtik 1999, 502, 502 4 , 503; Collins 1994, 110, 115; MPW
1991, I, 510, 595). Venus is the Morning Star. It‟s also known
as the Evening Star.
The sacred number of Inanna or Ishtar is 15 (Kasak,
Veede 2001, 23).
The symbols of Aya and Inanna or Ishtar are: an eightpetalled
rosette (Maxwell-Hyslop 1971, 151, 152; Black,
Green 1992, 109, 156, 169-170; Aleff 1982-2009, 4; MPW 1991,
I, 510; Ad de Vries 1981, 391-393; Herder 1980, 134); an eightpetalled
sign ; a double cross (Herder 1980, 93); eightpointed
stars: , , , , , , (Maxwell-Hyslop
1971, 149; Black, Green 1992, 108; Heiser 2006, 6, 12; MPW
1992, II, 651; Leick 1998, pl. 38); a disk 1 , a ring (MPW
1991, I, 510; Herder 1980, 92); a double circle with an eightpointed
star, four sharp-pointed rays and four floral
ornaments
(Evans 1909, 157, P.40*); disks with eightpointed
stars: , , , , Black, Green 1992, 169, Fig.
‛ tr; Middle Egyptian ỉśtr; Phoenician ‛štrt (Gamkrelidze, Ivanov 1984, II,
685, 686, 875, 875 1 ); Old Hebrew , [‛š r ] (Bible 1992, 2008,
Judges 10.6; 1 Samuel 7.3-4, 12.10, 31.10; 1 Kings 11.5, 11.33; 2 Kings 23:13;
comp. Jeremiah 44.18-19); Old Hebrew [‛šrh]; Ugaritic
[‛ trt], ‛ rt; Armenian [astłik/astġik]; Old Greek – the
goddess Astarte (MPW 1991, I, 115); Egyptian [зst] – the goddess Isis
(Collier, Manley 2007, 70, 151; MPW 1991, I, 133); Hurrian Iš ara – the
goddess Ishkhara (Nozadze 2007, 186); Hebrew [’es er]. Ishtar might
be also connected with the Akkadian Anunitu (MPW 1991, I, 595) and
Hurrian d Ni·na·at·ta/ d Ne·na·at·ta (Nozadze 2007, 260).
1 . “The smaller symbolic disk, as contrasted with that of the rayed solar
emblem, must be taken as symbolic of the Goddess as Queen of the
Underworld and of the starry vault of Night” (Evans 1921, 514).
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