Star of Ishtar

Eight-pointed star of Inanna/Ishtar, the planet Venus — love, war and the morning/evening star.

Tradition: mesopotamian · Period: Early Dynastic / Old Akkadian (3rd millennium BCE); prominent on Kassite kudurrus

Figures: Ishtar (Inanna)

Sources

• Star of Ishtar

Image: Public domain · Raphael 75 · source. Please keep this credit when you use it.