The temple at Nuzi was rebuilt six times after its initial construction at the beginning of the second millennium BCE. Temple G, the earliest, possessed only one sanctuary, which was apparently dedicated to Ishtar-Shawushka. A second sanctuary and courtyard were added in the next phase (Temple F). This sanctuary may have been devoted to Teshshup, the head of the Hurrian pantheon. Temple A, the latest in the sequence, was ransacked and destroyed with the rest of Stratum II in the late 14th century BCE.
This display is based on features found in the final sanctuary of Ishtar-Shawushka (Temple A). The statue of the goddess, of which only a few possible fragments survive, would have stood on a pedestal at one end of the sanctuary room. She is depicted here in her aspect as goddess of war.
Glazed ceramic pegs were embedded into the sanctuary's mud-plastered walls as decoration. Thousands of beads were found in the sanctuary, and some of these may have adorned the walls as well, Figurines, vessels, and other objects would have been placed at the feet of the goddess and on benches along the walls.