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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8角形の星であった<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、6角形の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、イシュタールはそれと同一視されるようになった<ref>Black, Green, 1992, pages169–170</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,{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|pages=169–170}} 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.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|pages=169–170}} Starting during this same period, the star of Ishtar was normally enclosed within a circular disc.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=170}} 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}}