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Astarte by John Singer Sargent, 1890-95 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Astarte, the Mesopotamian goddess of war and fertility, is also known as Ishtar and Inanna.
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Art, M. M. o. (2014, September 16). Astarte. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3038/astarte/
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Astarte." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 16, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3038/astarte/.
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Astarte." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 16 Sep 2014. Web. 26 Oct 2021.