Astarte

Illustration

Karen Barrett-Wilt
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 16 September 2014
Astarte

Astarte by John Singer Sargent, 1890-95 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Astarte, the Mesopotamian goddess of war and fertility, is also known as Ishtar and Inanna.

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Art, M. M. O. (2014, September 16). Astarte. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3038/

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