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The cult of Ishtar was long thought to have involved [[sacred prostitution]], but this is now rejected among many scholars. [[Hierodules]] known as ''ishtaritum'' are reported to have worked in Ishtar's temples, but it is unclear if such priestesses actually performed any [[sex act]]s and several modern scholars have argued that they did not. Women across the ancient Near East worshipped Ishtar by dedicating to her cakes baked in ashes (known as ''kamān tumri''). A dedication of this type is described in an Akkadian hymn. Several clay cake molds discovered at Mari are shaped like naked women with large hips clutching their breasts. Some scholars have suggested that the cakes made from these molds were intended as representations of Ishtar herself.
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イシュタル信仰は長い間、神聖な売春を伴うと考えられていたが<ref>Day, 2004, p15–17, Marcovich, 1996, p49, Guirand, 1968, p58, Nemet-Nejat, 1998, p193</ref>、現在では多くの学者の間で否定されている<ref>Assante, 2003, p14–47, Day, 2004, p2–21, Sweet, 1994, p85–104, Pryke, 2017, p61</ref>。『イシュタリトゥム（''ishtaritum''）』として知られるヒエログループはイシュタルの神殿で働いていたとされるが<ref>Marcovich, 1996, page49</ref>、そうした巫女が実際に性行為を行ったかどうかは不明であり<ref>Day, 2004, pages2–21</ref>、現代の学者も何人かそうでないと論じている<ref>Sweet, 1994, pages85–104</ref><ref>Assante, 2003, pages14–47</ref>。古代近東の女性たちは、イシュタルを崇拝し、灰で焼いたケーキ（カマーン・トゥムリ、''kamān tumri''）を捧げた<ref>Ackerman, 2006, pages116–117</ref>。この種の奉納は、アッカド語の讃美歌に記されている<ref>Ackerman, 2006, page115</ref>。マリで発見されたいくつかの粘土のケーキ型は、大きなお尻で胸を押さえた裸の女性の形をしている<ref>Ackerman, 2006, page115</ref>。この型から作られたケーキは、イシュタル自身を表現するためのものであったとする学者もいる。
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