A fragment of incised stone plaque discovered in a Late Bronze Age level during the recent Georgian-Italian excavations at Aradetis Orgora in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia is presented and its implications for the connections of the ancient populations of this area of the Southern Caucasus with the contemporary civilisations of the Near East are discussed. Special attention is paid to the presence on the plaque of an astral symbol, which is remniscent of the eight-pointed star of the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna/Ishtar.

Ishtar in Shida Kartli? About a Recently Discovered Fragment of Stone Plaque

ROVA, Elena
2016-01-01

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A fragment of incised stone plaque discovered in a Late Bronze Age level during the recent Georgian-Italian excavations at Aradetis Orgora in the Shida Kartli region of Georgia is presented and its implications for the connections of the ancient populations of this area of the Southern Caucasus with the contemporary civilisations of the Near East are discussed. Special attention is paid to the presence on the plaque of an astral symbol, which is remniscent of the eight-pointed star of the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna/Ishtar.
2016
Libiamo ne’ lieti calici: Ancient Near Eastern Studies presented to Lucio Milano on the occasion of his 65th Birthday by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends
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