Tell Brak calcite Idol "to the eyes". - 9.5 cm

Eye idol. Tell Brak, Uruk period, 4th millennium BCE Middle East The sculpture is carved as a female body in bas-relief, with hands joined over the pubis. It is surmounted by two pierced eyes. Calcite sculpture. Euphrates Valley, Gawra Period in northern Mesopotamia, corresponding to the Uruk period. 4th millennium BCE Comes from a temple on the Tell Brak site. White calcite eye idol. Euphrates Valley, Tell Brak Period, late 4th millennium B.C. Dimensions: 9.5 x 2.5 x 6 cm.

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