Eye idol

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 3700–3500 BCE

Medium: Gypsum alabaster

Dimensions: 3 in. × 1 11/16 in. × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 4.3 × 0.9 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

0.9 cm

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