Syncretism and influence on other deities In addition to the full conflation of Inanna and Ishtar during the reign of Sargon and his successors, she was syncretised with a large number of deities to a varying degree. The oldest known syncretic hymn is dedicated to Inanna, and has been dated to the Early Dynastic period. Many god lists compiled by ancient scribes contained entire "Inanna group" sections enumerating similar goddesses, and tablet IV of the monumental god list An-Anum (7 tablets total) is known as the "Ishtar tablet" due to most of its contents being the names of Ishtar's equivalents, her titles and various attendants. Some modern researchers use the term Ishtar-type to define specific figures of this variety. Some texts contained references to "all the Ishtars" of a given area.
syncretism and influence on other deities in addition to the full conflation of inanna and ishtar during the reign of sargon and his successors she was syncretised with a large number of deities to a varying degree the oldest known syncretic hymn is dedicated to inanna and has been dated to the early dynastic period many god lists compiled by ancient scribes contained entire "inanna group" sections enumerating similar goddesses and tablet iv of the monumental god list an-anum (7 tablets total) is known as the "ishtar tablet" due to most of its contents being the names of ishtar's equivalents her titles and various attendants some modern researchers use the term ishtar-type to define specific figures of this variety some texts contained references to "all the ishtars" of a given area