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イナンナの楔形文字の表意文字は、葦の鉤状のねじれた結び目で、豊饒と豊穣の象徴である倉の門柱を表している<ref>Jacobsen, 1976</ref>。このロゼットはイナンナのもう一つの重要なシンボルであり、イナンナとイシュタルの習合後にもイシュタルのシンボルとして使われ続けている<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page156</ref>。新アッシリア時代（紀元前911〜609年）には、ロゼットは八芒星に取って代わり、イシュタルの主要なシンボルとなった可能性がある<ref>Black, Green, 1992, pages156–157</ref>。アッシュール市のイシュタル神殿は、多数のロゼッタで飾られていた<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page156</ref>。
イナンナ／イシュタルはライオンと関連しており<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page118</ref><ref>Collins, 1994, pages113–114</ref>、古代メソポタミア人はライオンを権力の象徴とみなしていた。
Inanna/Ishtar was associated with lions,{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=118}}{{sfn|Collins|1994|pages=113–114}} which the ancient Mesopotamians regarded as a symbol of power.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=118}} Her associations with lions began during Sumerian times;{{sfn|Collins|1994|pages=113–114}} a chlorite bowl from the temple of Inanna at Nippur depicts a large feline battling a giant snake and a cuneiform inscription on the bowl reads "Inanna and the Serpent", indicating that the cat is supposed to represent the goddess.{{sfn|Collins|1994|pages=113–114}} During the Akkadian Period, Ishtar was frequently depicted as a heavily armed warrior goddess with a lion as one of her attributes.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|pp=119}}
Doves were also prominent animal symbols associated with Inanna/Ishtar.{{sfn|Lewis|Llewellyn-Jones|2018|page=335}}{{sfn|Botterweck|Ringgren|1990|page=35}} Doves are shown on cultic objects associated with Inanna as early as the beginning of the third millennium BCE.{{sfn|Botterweck|Ringgren|1990|page=35}} Lead dove figurines were discovered in the temple of Ishtar at Aššur, dating to the thirteenth century BCE{{sfn|Botterweck|Ringgren|1990|page=35}} and a painted fresco from [[Mari, Syria]] shows a giant dove emerging from a palm tree in the temple of Ishtar,{{sfn|Lewis|Llewellyn-Jones|2018|page=335}} indicating that the goddess herself was sometimes believed to take the form of a dove.{{sfn|Lewis|Llewellyn-Jones|2018|page=335}}
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