シャマシュの息子とされるイシュム神の幼少期を描いた神話では、イシュタルが一時的に彼の世話をしたようで、その状況に苛立ちを感じている様子が描かれている<ref>George, 2015, p7-8</ref>。
前7世紀に書かれた新アッシリアの偽典で、アッカドのサルゴンの自伝と主張するものでは<ref>Westenholz, 1997, pages33–49</ref>、イシュタルはサルゴンが水の引き出し主であるアッキの庭師として働いているときに「鳩の雲に包まれて」現れたと主張されている<ref>Westenholz, 1997, pages33–49</ref>。イシュタルはサルゴンを自分の恋人と宣言し、シュメールとアッカドの支配者になることを許した<ref>Westenholz, 1997, pages33–49</ref>。
In [[Sargon of Akkad#Birth legend|a pseudepigraphical Neo-Assyrian text]] written in the seventh century BCE, but which claims to be the autobiography of Sargon of Akkad,{{sfn|Westenholz|1997|pages=33–49}} Ishtar is claimed to have appeared to Sargon "surrounded by a cloud of doves" while he was working as a gardener for Akki, the drawer of the water.{{sfn|Westenholz|1997|pages=33–49}} Ishtar then proclaimed Sargon her lover and allowed him to become the ruler of Sumer and Akkad.{{sfn|Westenholz|1997|pages=33–49}}
In Hurro-Hittite texts the logogram <sup>d</sup>ISHTAR denotes the goddess [[Šauška]], who was identified with Ishtar in god lists and similar documents as well and influenced the development of the late Assyrian cult of Ishtar of [[Nineveh]] according to hittitologist [[Gary Beckman]].{{sfn|Beckman|1998|p=1-3}} She plays a prominent role in the Hurrian myths of the [[Kumarbi]] cycle.{{sfn|Hoffner|1998|p=41}}