Ishtar of Arbela or the Lady of Arbela (Akkadian: dbēlat(gašan)-uruarba-il) was a prominent goddess of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. She was the tutelary goddess...

The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld (or, in its Akkadian version, Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld) or Angalta ("From the Great Sky") is a...

In ancient times the patron deity of the city was Ishtar of Arbela. Following the Muslim conquest of Persia, the region no longer remained united, and...

the wife of Ashur Three main Ishtars shared the title of Mullissu in late Assyrian texts, being Ishtar of Assur, Ishtar of Arbela and Ishtar of Nineveh...

especially in the cities of Nineveh, Aššur, and Arbela (modern Erbil). During the reign of the Assyrian king Assurbanipal, Ishtar rose to become the most...

were identified with the gods of the Babylonian pantheon as follows: Jupiter with Marduk, Venus with the goddess Ishtar, Saturn with Ninurta (Ninib),...

(2004). "Ishtar of Nineveh and Her Collaborator, Ishtar of Arbela, in the Reign of Assurbanipal". Iraq. 66. British Institute for the Study of Iraq: 41–44...

for example the Hymn to the City of Arbela in a passage focused on Ishtar of Arbela refers to Nanaya as a daughter of Sin, but also syncretises her with...

Shamash, Adad and Ishtar, Bel, Nergal, Ishtar of Nineveh, Ishtar of Arbela, Ishtar of Bit Kidmurri, the gods of heaven and earth and the gods of Assyria, may...

Nabu, Ishtar of Nineveh and Ishtar of Arbela, [missing portion] and whose name they named for the kingship. In another inscription, the titles of Esarhaddon...

reign of Ashurbanipal, the names are synonymous. Similar process is also attested for Ishtar of Arbela and Ishtar of Assur. At the same time Ishtar without...

elevation of Nanaya above the other goddesses. In a mythical explanation of the rites of Egashankalamma (the temple of the Assyrian Ishtar of Arbela) pertaining...

are attested in the entourages of Ishtar of Arbela, Ishtar of Assur, and Ishtar of Nineveh. The Akkadian spellings of their names known from neo-Assyrian...

Neo-Assyrian tākultu text from the reign of Ashurbanipal as one of the deities worshiped in the temple of Ishtar of Arbela might be identical with Pirwa, possibly...

protection of Assur, Sin, Shamash, Nabu, Marduk, Ishtar of Nineveh, Ishtar of Arbela, the great gods, his lords, made his way from the rising to the setting...

Kulitta are attested in Neo-Assyrian sources in relation to Ishtar of Assur and Ishtar of Arbela. Similarly, Šeriš and Hurriš, the bulls who pulled Teššub's...

choice of the heart of Nabu and Marduk, favorite of [missing portion], whom Ashur, Ninlil, Bêl, Nabu, Sin, Nin-gal, Ishtar of Nineveh, Ishtar of Arbela in...

Kulitta were worshiped in Arbela in Egašankalamma, the temple of Ishtar of Arbela. They are listed together among the deities of this city in a tākultu ritual...

characteristics of the two. Irnina is also an epithet of the warlike aspect of Ishtar in the Agushaya poem. The Hymn to the City of Arbela identifies Ishtar of Arbela...

(2004). "Ishtar of Nineveh and Her Collaborator, Ishtar of Arbela, in the Reign of Assurbanipal". Iraq. 66. British Institute for the Study of Iraq: 41–44...

Epithets of Inanna were titles and bynames used to refer to this Mesopotamian goddess and to her Akkadian counterpart Ishtar. In Mesopotamia, epithets...

Retrieved 2022-06-19. Dijkstra, Meindert (2012). "Ishtar seduces the Sea-serpent. A New Join in the Epic of Hedammu (KUB 36, 56+95) and its meaning for the...

A sketch of Semitic origins: social and religious. The Macmillan Company. p. 262. ishtar shrine arbela. Chahin, M. (2001). The Kingdom of Armenia: A...

——— (2013). "Isaiah: Prophet of Weal or Woe?". In Gordon, Robert P.; Bartsad, Hans M. (eds.). "Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela": Prophecy in Israel, Assyria...

worshiped in the temple of Ishtar of Arbela in Neo-Assyrian times, was analogous to Nupatik, possibly introduced to Arbela after a statue of him was seized in...

the mighty king, king of Assyria; who under the protection of Assur, Sin, Shamash, Nabu, Marduk, Ishtar of Nineveh, Ishtar of Arbela, the great gods, his...

Commentary (2nd edn; Sheffield Phoenix Press, Sheffield) Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela’: Prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian Period...

in northern Iraq. The main goddess of Akkad was Ishtar-Annunitum or ‘Aštar-annunîtum (Warlike Ishtar), though it may have been a different aspect, Istar-Ulmašītum...

main temple of Nineveh becomes known as Ishtar temple, re-dedicated to the Semite goddess Ishtar, in the form of Ishtar of Nineveh. Ishtar of Nineveh was...

Gasur, Assur, Hamazi, Akshak, Arbela and Umma, although Semitic Akkadian names began to appear on the king lists of some of these states (such as Eshnunna...