sentences:  The latter is also given the title of high priestess of Atarsamain, a deity of fertility, love and war associated with Ishtar.Dumat al-Jundal was the site of an important temple dedicated to Ishtar.Sacrifices of animals were common and Porphyry’s De Abstenentia reports that, in Dumat Al-Jandal, a boy was sacrificed annually and was buried underneath an altar.