ヒッタイト語のテキストでは、<sup>d</sup>ISHTARという記号が女神シャウシュカを表し、神名帳などでもイシュタルと同一視され、後期アッシリアのニネヴェのイシュタル信仰に影響を与えたとヒッタイト学者ゲイリー・ベックマンは述べている<ref>Beckman, 1998, p1-3</ref>。シャウッシュカはクマルビ・サイクルのフルリ神話では重要な役割を担っている<ref>Hoffner, 1998, p41</ref>。
==Later influence後の影響 ==
===In antiquity===
[[File:Dama de Galera (M.A.N. Madrid) 01.jpg|thumb|Phoenician figure dating to the seventh century BCE representing a goddess, probably [[Astarte]], called the "[[Lady of Galera]]" ([[National Archaeological Museum of Spain]])]]
The cult of Inanna/Ishtar may have been introduced to the [[Kingdom of Judah]] during the reign of [[Manasseh of Judah|King Manasseh]]{{sfn|Pryke|2017|page=193}} and, although Inanna herself is not directly mentioned in the [[Bible]] by name,{{sfn|Pryke|2017|pages=193, 195}} the [[Old Testament]] contains numerous allusions to her cult.{{sfn|Pryke|2017|pages=193–195}} {{bibleverse|Jeremiah|7:18|9}} and {{bibleverse|Jeremiah|44:15-19|9}} mention "the Queen of Heaven", who is probably a syncretism of Inanna/Ishtar and the West Semitic goddess [[Astarte]].{{sfn|Pryke|2017|page=193}}{{sfn|Breitenberger|2007|page=10}}{{sfn|Smith|2002|page=182}}{{sfn|Ackerman|2006|pages=116–117}} Jeremiah states that the Queen of Heaven was worshipped by women who baked cakes for her.{{sfn|Ackerman|2006|pages=115–116}}