Eye idol
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 3700–3500 BCE
Medium: Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions: 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm)
Classification: Stone-Sculpture
Period: Middle Uruk
Themes: Eyes
Gift of The Institute of Archaeology, The University of London, 1951
Date range
-3700 – -3500
Largest dimension
9.3 cm
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