Eye idol

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 3700–3500 BCE

Medium: Gypsum alabaster

Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in. (6.5 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm)

Classification: Stone-Sculpture

Period: Middle Uruk

Themes: Eyes

Gift of The Institute of Archaeology, The University of London, 1951

Met highlight

Date range

-3700 – -3500

Largest dimension

0.6 cm

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