allmesopotamia: Standing female figure with clasped hands,…

allmesopotamia:

Standing female figure with clasped hands, Early Dynastic IIIA, ca. 2600–2500 b.c.
Mesopotamia, Nippur, Inanna temple, Level VIIB
Limestone, shell, and lapis lazuli

H. 9 3/4 in. (24.9 cm)

[Metropolitan Museum of Art]

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