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Female Worshipper Statuette

2700 BC - 2600 BC
Gypsum
Khafajah
36.5 cm x 14 cm x 6.5 cm

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What do you think is the significance of the figure's clasped hands?

Do you think that Mesopotamian women participated in the same religious practices as men?

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