ʿAṯtart
ʿAṯtart is a goddess whose name appears in Proto-Semitic form. Earlier scholarship suggested the name was formed by adding the Afroasiatic feminine suffix -t to the name of the deity ʿAṯtar, but more recent views accept the names ʿAṯtar and ʿAṯtart as etymologically related while considering the exact relationship between them to be unclear.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in cuneiform tablets from Ugarit.
Relationships
- allied with
- ʿAnat
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The main cult centre of ʿAṯtart was still the city of Mari during the Amorite period, when her name is attested as a theophoric element in personal names such as ᴰAštart-azi (𒀭𒀸𒁯𒋫𒍣, lit. 'ʿAṯtart is my strength').”
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“ʿAṯtart, a goddess of the hunt also sharing Anat's warlike role, regarded as analogous to Ishtar and Ishara in Ugaritic god lists and as such possibly connected to love”
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“The Northwest Semitic feminine form of ʿAṯtar, the Great Goddess 𐎓𐎘𐎚𐎗𐎚 (ʿAṯtart), is often mentioned in Ugaritic ritual texts, but played a minor role in mythological texts.”
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