Statue of standing female worshiper - This statue of a standing woman with her hands clasped in front of her chest was found in the plasterings of a mud-brick bench located in one of the cellars of the Nippur temple of Inanna (Level VIIB), the Sumerian goddess of abundance. - Limestone, inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli - c. 2600–2500 B.C. The American School, Ancient Near East, Eastern Art, Performance Artist, Stone Sculpture, African American Art, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Goku, Art History