Tombs and Moon Temple of Hureidah, Gertrude Caton Thompson, p | "the three celestial emblems, the sun disk of Shamash Utu to the Sumerians , the crescent of Sin Nanna , and the star of Ishtar Inanna to the Sumerians " |
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On December 14, 1992, the Army Chief of Chaplains requested that an insignia be created for future Muslim chaplains, and the design a crescent was completed January 8, 1993 | Prior to its association with Islam, a crescent badge had already been used in the US military for the rank of commissary sergeant Emerson 1996:261f |
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry 1909 , p.
, Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms 1996 , p | Neugebauer, Otto; Van Hoesen, H |
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"The origin of the symbols of the planets" | Geller, Sumerian Gods and Their Representations, Styx, 1997, p71 |
"The origin of the symbols of the planets".