ID: 901002162 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002162	Record Type: Character/Person

	Inanna (Sumerian deity)

Note: Ancient Sumerian goddess associated with love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, justice, and political power. Her identity was later interwoven with that of the Assyro-Babylonian deity, Ishtar.

Names:

	Inanna (Sumerian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Inanna (Sumerian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	meaning/usage overlaps with .... Ishtar
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)) [901001831]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... love (emotion)
	.....(positive emotions, emotion, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... sex (personal activity)
	.....(personal and passive activities, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Inanna (Sumerian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 418
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85064701

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85064701