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Ishtarat was a Semitic deity worshipped in the city of
Mari, Syria Mari (Cuneiform: , ''ma-riki'', modern Tell Hariri; ) was an ancient Semitic people, Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a Tell (archaeology), tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates, Euphrates River ...
. Her temple was found in 1952. Ishtarat was most probably a variant of
Ishtar Inanna is the List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian goddess of war, love, and fertility. She is also associated with political power, divine law, sensuality, and procreation. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akk ...
, who was worshipped beside Ishtarat in Mari.


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* * * {{refend Fertility goddesses Levantine mythology Love and lust goddesses West Semitic goddesses Inanna Mari, Syria