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Išḫara

Išḫara was a goddess originally worshipped in Ebla and other nearby settlements in the north of modern Syria in the third millennium BCE. The origin of her name is disputed, and due to lack of evidence supporting Hurrian or Semitic etymologies it is sometimes assumed it might have originated in a linguistic substrate. In Ebla, she was considered the…

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Festivals
kissu, zukru, ḫišuwa [de]
Major cult center
Ebla, Mane, Alalakh, Emar, Išur, Artanya, Tauriša, Neriša
Mesopotamian
Ishtar
Parents
Enlil and Apantu
Spouse
usually none, rarely Saggar (in An = Anum)
Symbols
bašmu, later scorpion

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Išḫara

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Triples434
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Name · 73
Išḫara → Adamma, Akkad, Alalakh, Alfonso Archi, AMA, An, Another, Anum, Archi, Assyriological, Attempts, Aštabi, Ašḫara, BARA10, BCE, Dennis Pardee, Doris Prechel, DU6, Ebla, Eblaite
related to Ebla · 59
Išḫara → According, Adamma, Administrative, Agu, Alfonso Archi, All, Arrukum, Arugadu, As, Atarib, Aḫadamu, Banaium, BCE, During, Dusigu, Ebla, Ebla's, Eblaite, Emar, Emesa
related to Išḫara and Dagan · 35
Išḫara → Alfonso Archi, Amar-Sin, An, Ancient Mesopotamia, Anthony Green's Gods, Anum, Belet Nagar, Dagan, Dagan's, Demons, Enlil, Feliu, Haburitum, He, However, Ibbi-Sin, In, Ishtar-like, Jeremy Black's, Khabur
related to Other early Syrian sites · 29
Išḫara → Alfonso Archi, BCE, Curse, Dagan, Ebla, Eblaite, Emar, For, GAŠAN URU, Hadabal, It, Išḫara's, Khabur Triangle, KI, Kura, LUGAL, Multiple, Nabada, Nagar, Next
related to Family and court · 28
Išḫara → According, Alfonso Archi, Allani, Apantu, Archi, Dumuzi, Enlil, Enmesharra, Frans Wiggermann, Gary Beckman, Going Forth, Hattusa, Hurrian, In, Ishara's, Ishtar, It, Išḫara's, Lluís Felieu, Mesopotamian
related to Hurrian reception · 28
Išḫara → According, Alalakh, Allani, BCE, Damkina, Due, Ewri-Išḫara, Eḫli-Išḫara, However, Hurrian, Hurrianized, Hutena-Hutellura, Idrimi, Lady, Mardaman, Mitanni Empire, Most, Old Babylonian, Piotr Taracha, SANGA
related to Išḫara and Ishtar · 27
Išḫara → Akkadian, Alfonso Archi, Annunitum, Ashtart, Atrahasis, Bēlet-ayyaki, Ebla, Eblaite, Euphrates, Gazbaba, However, In, In Mesopotamia Išḫara, Ishtar, Išḫara-ki-Ištar, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Kanisurra, Labutu, Mesopotamian, Nanaya
related to Character · 25
Išḫara → According, Akkadian, Alfonso Archi, Assyria, Barama, BCE, Ebla, Emar, Frans Wiggermann, Gioele Zisa, Her, However, Hurrian, Iblaītu, Irkab-Damu, Ishtar, It, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Kura, Mesopotamia
related to Iconography · 24
Išḫara → Aisha Rahmouni, Akkadian, Dennis Pardee, Geshtinanna-Niraḫ-Išḫara, Hebrew, However, Hurrian, In, In Mesopotamia Išḫara's, It, Išḫara's, KTU, Leviticus, Ninazu, Niraḫ, Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian Nippur, RS, She, Syriac
related to Hurrian myths · 21
Išḫara → Allani, BCE, Ebla, Eblaites, Epic, Freeing, Hattusa, He, Hittite, However, Hurrian, Igingalliš, It, Kumarbi, Middle Hittite, Release, Song, Teshub, The, While

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also hurrian attested deities texts ebla worshiped city goddess well associated sources name though babylonian eblaite bce period mesopotamia ishtar

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IšḫaraFestivalskissu, zukru, ḫišuwa [de]1.00infobox
IšḫaraMajor cult centerEbla, Mane, Alalakh, Emar, Išur, Artanya, Tauriša, Neriša1.00infobox
IšḫaraMesopotamianIshtar1.00infobox
IšḫaraParentsEnlil and Apantu1.00infobox
IšḫaraSpouseusually none, rarely Saggar (in An = Anum)1.00infobox
IšḫaraSymbolsbašmu, later scorpion1.00infobox
Išḫarais aadvisor0.90text
Jeremy Black'sinstance ofand this theory is repeated as fact in older reference works0.80text
Anthony Green's Godsinstance ofand this theory is repeated as fact in older reference works0.80text
Demonsinstance ofand this theory is repeated as fact in older reference works0.80text
Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamiainstance ofand this theory is repeated as fact in older reference works0.80text
in a more recent study Lluís Feliu arrived at the opposite conclusionsinstance ofand this theory is repeated as fact in older reference works0.80text

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