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Ištar of Akkade (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Ištar (Love) 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.04 Concept of god (1) 01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism) 01.04.03.05 Great gods 01.04.03.05.07 Ištar (Love) Topography 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.12 Cosmo-, urano- and geography 05.12.04 Topography	Keywords Ištar
Period Roman Empire	Channel No channel specified

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Ištar of Akkade appears in a Mandaic magic bowl BM 91724 6-7: “be bound and tied up Ištar of Akat, she, and her 360 generations”. Ištar of Akat may refer to the goddess Bēlet Akkadê, whose temple was situated in Babylon according to the topographical text Tintir 4.16 as é-máš-da-ri.

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BM 91724 6-7
Tintir 4.16

Bibliography

Kessler and Müller-Kessler 1999, 72-73

Kessler, Karlheinz and Christa Müller-Kessler. “Spätbabylonische Gottheiten in Spätantiken mandäischen Texten.” Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 89 (1999) 65-87.

Amar Annus

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