Who was the patron deity of the city in ancient times?
Ishtar of Arbela
Anu of Uruk
Enlil of Nippur
Marduk of Babylon
Answer
In ancient times, the patron deity of Erbil was Ishtar of Arbela. Ishtar is the East Semitic Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex.
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