English The goddess Ishtar, winged and wearing a version of the horned cap of divinity. Detail of the Mesopotamian terracotta "Ishtarvase", early 2nd millennium
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 truetrue English Detail of ancient Mesopotamian so-called "IshtarVase", terracotta with cut, moulded, and painted decoration
Sumerian cuneiform sign MUNUS (meaning "woman"); see Image:IshtarvaseLouvreAO17000-detail.jpg. The later form of this cuneiform sign is no longer pictographic