* '''[[シャウシュカ]]''':彼女の名前はフルリ・ヒッタイトの文献では<sup>d</sup>IŠTARという記号でしばしば記述された。メソポタミアでは「スバルトゥのイシュタル」という名で知られている<ref>Beckman, 1998, p1-3</ref>。彼女特有の要素は、後世、アッシリアのイシュタル神格(ニネベのイシュタル)と結びつけられることになる<ref>Beckman, 1998, p7-8</ref>。彼女の侍女ニナッタとクリッタは、アッシュールの神殿でイシュタルに仕える神々の輪の中に組み込まれた<ref>rantz-Szabó, 1983, p304</ref><ref>Wilhelm, 1989, p52</ref>。
=== Obsolete theories 時代遅れの説 ===
Some researchers in the past attempted to connect Ishtar to the minor goddess Ashratu,{{sfn|Wiggins|2007|p=156}} the Babylonian reflection of West Semitic Athirat ([[Asherah]]), associated with [[Amurru (god)|Amurru]],{{sfn|Wiggins|2007|p=153}} but as demonstrated by Steve A. Wiggins this theory was baseless, as the sole piece of evidence that they were ever conflated or even just confused with each other was the fact Ishtar and Ashratu shared an epithet{{sfn|Wiggins|2007|p=156}} - however the same epithet was also applied to [[Marduk]], [[Ninurta]], [[Nergal]], and [[Suen]],{{sfn|Wiggins|2007|p=156}} and no further evidence can be found in sources such as god lists.{{sfn|Wiggins|2007|p=156-163}} There is also no evidence that Athtart ([[Ashtart]]), the Ugaritic cognate of Ishtar, was ever confused or conflated with Athirat by the [[Amorites]].{{sfn|Wiggins|2007|p=169}}