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Terracotta Eye Idol, Tel Brak
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Terracotta sculpture, known as an eye idol, probably from the Mesopotamian site of Tell Brak in northeastern Syria, where thousands of such sculptures were found in a part of the site now known as the "Eye Temple" and dating to the late 4th millennium B.C.
The most common type of eye idol is a flat figurine with a trapezoidal body and narrow neck topped by oversized eyes. This item is one of the less common three dimensional idols, with a conical body and pierced eyes.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Carol Hebb and Alan Feldbaum
Title: Terracotta Eye Idol, Tel Brak
Description:
Terracotta sculpture, known as an eye idol, probably from the Mesopotamian site of Tell Brak in northeastern Syria, where thousands of such sculptures were found in a part of the site now known as the "Eye Temple" and dating to the late 4th millennium B.
C.
The most common type of eye idol is a flat figurine with a trapezoidal body and narrow neck topped by oversized eyes.
This item is one of the less common three dimensional idols, with a conical body and pierced eyes.
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