Anunit

Anunit, Atarsamain and Esther are alternative names.

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Anunit, Atarsamain and Esther are alternative names.

[statue of ishtar] open again to selected members of the public 2009

Anunit and A [= e] (or Ea), and H. Winckler may be right in restoring a mutilated passage in the annals of this king so as to make it mean that

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Sippara of the goddess Anunit, now _D [= e] r_, being on its opposite bank.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Anunit -- became merely so many designations of Ishtar.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

So one of these predecessors, Zabu, restores the temple of Shamash at Sippar, and that of Anunit at Agade.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

_Anu_ and of the goddess _Anunit_, and the element _ak_ is quite a common afformative in Babylonian substantives, conveying a certain emphatic meaning to the word.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Of the various forms under which the goddess appears, that of Anunit -- a feminine form indicating descent from and appertaining to Anu -- attaches itself most clearly to the god of heaven, and it may be that it was not until the assimilation of Anunit and Nanâ with Ishtar that the goddess is viewed as at once the daughter of Anu and of Sin.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

Anunit, which appears to have been peculiar to the North Babylonian city

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

In any case, Ninâ is originally distinct from Ishtar, Nanâ, and Anunit; and she retains an independent existence to a later period than most of the other great goddesses that have been discussed.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891