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Ancient Near East & Levant · c. 6000 BCE – 650 CE

Eye idols

What it is
Thousands of thin alabaster figurines with oversized staring eyes were found at the Eye Temple of Tell Brak (c. 3500 BCE). They were votive stand-ins that kept eternal watch before the god.
Making yours
3–10 cm. Flat alabaster or bone plaque with one or two pairs of incised ringed eyes on a stem body.
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Eye idolEye idolcirca 3700 date QS:P571,+3700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –3500 B.C.Eye idolEye idolcirca 3700 date QS:P571,+3700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 –3500 B.C.Ídolo oculado (16186809078)Ídolo oculado (16186809078)Ídolo oculado Ereta del Pedregal Eneolítico (4)Ídolo oculado Ereta del Pedregal Eneolítico (4)Another Eye Idol, Tell Brak, Ashmolean MuseumAnother Eye Idol, Tell Brak, Ashmolean MuseumEye Idol from Tell Brak Ashmolean MuseumEye Idol from Tell Brak Ashmolean Museum

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