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イナンナ/イシュタルの最も一般的なシンボルは八芒星であった<ref>Black, Green, 1992, pp156, 169–170</ref>が、正確な点の数は時々異なる<ref>Liungman, 2004, page228</ref>。また、六芒星も頻繁に登場するが、その象徴的な意味は不明である<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page170</ref><ref group="私注">アルコルか北極星ではないだろうか。</ref>。'''八芒星はもともと天と一般的な関連性を持っていた'''ようだが<ref>Black, Green, 1992, pages169–170</ref>、古バビロニア時代（前1830頃 - 前1531頃）には、特に金星と関連付けられるようになり、イシュタルはそれと同一視されるようになった<ref>Black, Green, 1992, pages169–170</ref>。この時期から、イシュタルの星は通常、円盤の中に収められるようになった<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page170</ref>。後のバビロニア時代には、イシュタルの神殿で働く奴隷に八芒星の印章が押されることもあったという<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page170</ref><ref>Nemet-Nejat, 1998, pages193–194</ref>。

Inanna/Ishtar's most common symbol was the eight-pointed star, though the exact number of points sometimes varies. Six-pointed stars also occur frequently, but their symbolic meaning is unknown. The eight-pointed star seems to have originally borne a general association with the heavens, but, by the [[First Babylonian dynasty|Old Babylonian Period]] ({{circa}} 1830 – {{circa}} 1531 BCE), it had come to be specifically associated with the planet [[Venus]], with which Ishtar was identified. Starting during this same period, the star of Ishtar was normally enclosed within a circular disc. During later Babylonian times, slaves who worked in Ishtar's temples were sometimes branded with the seal of the eight-pointed star.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=170}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|pages=193–194}} On [[kudurru|boundary stones]] and [[cylinder seals]], the eight-pointed star is sometimes shown alongside the [[crescent|crescent moon]], which was the symbol of [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]] (Sumerian Nanna) and the rayed [[solar symbol|solar disk]], which was a symbol of [[Shamash]] (Sumerian Utu).{{sfn|Liungman|2004|page=228}}