EDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/Assyria/comments/5snz41/had_a_question_on_ancient_religion_in_assyria/

I'm reading an essay from half a century ago which claims,

Semitico-Syrian and Assyrian civilizations are characterized by the predominance of female deities, of lunar or telluric goddesses of Life

Were ancient Assyrian and Semitic civilizations indeed feminine-heavy with their deities? Or is this a sort of idiosyncratic and/or antiquated idea (the essay doesn't even really cite a source)?