Eye idol, Middle Uruk, ca. 3700–3500 B.C., Syria, Tell Brak, Gypsum alabaster, 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in. (6.5 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm), Stone-Sculpture, This type of figurine known as an eye idol, made of stone and having incised eyes, has been excavated at Tell Brak, where thousands were found in a building now called the Eye Temple. They were probably dedicated there as offerings
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Eye idol, Middle Uruk, ca, 3700–3500 B.C, Syria, Tell Brak, Gypsum alabaster, 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 1/4, 6.5 4.2 0.6 cm, Stone-Sculpture, type, figurine, eye, stone, having incised, eyes, excavated, thousands, building now, Temple, dedicated, offerings
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