Symbols

'Hell Plaque' or 'Lamashtu Plaque', an Assyrian healing device against the female demon Lamashtu or in other words, the conspiracy against her and her evil doings.

Inanna’s knot was associated with beauty, love, desire, and fertility. The knot represented the doorpost of a storehouse which is a symbol of fertility.

The Seal of Shamash is a representation of the ancient Assyrian / Mesopotamian sun god of the same name. Also described as an eight-pointed star, this solar symbol is thought to represent the solar calendar, or Sun Wheel

Star of Ishtar Star of Ishtar The Star of Ishtar or Star of Inanna is a symbol of the ancient Sumerian goddess Inanna and her East Semitic counterpart Ishtar. Alongside the lion, it was one of Ishtar's primary symbols. Because Ishtar was associated with the planet Venus, the star is also known as the Star of Venus. History Depiction of the star of Ishtar (left) on a kudurru of Meli-Shipak II (12th century BC). The star of Inanna usually had eight points,[1] though the exact number of points sometime

Details of the Sumerian cuneiform script, the world's oldest writing system, which was used to write Sumerian, a semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq and Syria) until about 500 AD.

ASSYRIA: A Study of Symbols

The Origin of the Mystical Number Seven in Mesopotamian Culture: Division by Seven in the Sexagesimal Number System. This PDF may intrigue those with an interest in math.