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Inanna (𒀭 𒈹 Template:Transl)[1] was the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, combat, justice, and political power. She was known as the "Queen of Heaven" and was the patron goddess of the Eanna temple at the city of Uruk, which was her main cult center. She was associated with the planet Venus and her most prominent symbols included the lion and the eight-pointed star. Her husband was Dumuzid the Shepherd and her sukkal, or personal attendant, was the goddess Ninshubur (who later became the male deity Papsukkal). Inanna was worshipped in Sumer at least as early as the Uruk period (Template:Circa 4000 BCE – Template:Circa 3100 BCE),