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Hi! My name is Dariana Naveo. I am in your Fall 2011 ANT 3145.
==I come from a friendly, full-of-life, great cooking, loving Dominican-American home and am originally from Massachusetts. After three majors, three universities, and continuous full time work I can happily say I plan to successfully graduate this Spring 2012 with a BA in Anthropology. With a side of several classes specifically in Spanish and Women Studies. ==

==For this project in particular I am interested in Gender in Ancient Mesopotamia. I am interested in knowing what were women roles were across the ancient empire in politics and religion. I am also interested in what was expected of them in their home and married life. For example, was it a social duty for them to marry in comparison to cultures where marriage was valued for women to gain power like in Ancient Egypt? Could women own land like their female Egyptian counterparts? I would like to see if I can find sufficient information on what role the Fertility Cults had on everyday Mesopotamian women as well. ==

**__Gender In Ancient Mesopotamia__**



= = **//"These statues embodied the very essence of the worshipper so that the spirit would be present when the physical body was not.''//**

"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, the Sumerian goddess of abundance. Her garment is draped over her left shoulder and falls in folds indicated by two incised lines along the border of the otherwise smooth fabric. The feet are carved in high relief against the back support and the toes and ankles are clearly indicated. The wavy hair is held in place by two plain bands, and curly locks hang down on either side of the face. Inlay of shell and lapis lazuli survives in her left eye. The best-preserved statues at Nippur are those that were buried within the temple furniture, like this example. Such deliberate burials suggest that temple offerings and equipment remained sacred even when no longer in use." //__http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/62.70.2__//