The Tell Brak Head is an important prehistoric Middle Eastern sculpture found at the ancient site of Tell Brak in Syria. It has been part of the British Museum 's collection since 1939. [1] . Dated by archaeologists to before 3300 BC, it is considered to be one …

This type of figurine known as an eye idol, made of stone and having incised eyes, has been excavated at Tell Brak, where thousands were found in a building now called the Eye Temple. They were probably dedicated there as offerings.

Jul 20, 2018 · The eye idols discovered at the site date to about 3,300 BC. Many of them are incised with multiple sets of eyes, others with jewelry, and still others with representations of "children"-smaller eyes and body carved on the body of the larger idol.

It was at one of these, known today as the Eye Temple, that the archaeologist Max Mallowan excavated hundreds of these miniature figurines, with their pronounced eyes. They may …

Sep 9, 2021 · Turning our attention to the strange, vaguely unsettling appearance of the face, Urfa man’s voiceless image cast by a conspicuously absent mouth and gazing obsidian-filled eyes is hauntingly enigmatic, but offers a link with another class of …

Recent excavations at Tell Brak have confirmed their date. The Eye Temple rested on a platform 6 metres deep, which incorporated the remains of at least three earlier buildings. The latest, below the surviving temple, was named the White Eye Temple, because of …

Jun 6, 2022 · At Tell Brak, the site of an ancient city in Syria, thousands of stone figurines were uncovered in a structure now referred to as the Eye Temple. These stone figurines have been dated to the Early to Middle Northern Uruk period, around 3700–3500 BCE.

Eye idol Publication date ca. 3700–3500 B.C. Topics ca. 3700–3500 B.C., Stone, Gypsum, Gypsum alabaster, Alabaster, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asia, Tell Brak, Syria, Sculpture Rights Metropolitan Museum of Art Terms and Conditions Item Size 1705243 Accession_number 51.59.6 Addeddate 2014-02-26 00:47:37 Dimensions 2 1/2 x 2 x 3/8 in. (6.4 x 5.1 x 0.8 cm) Gallery_id 402 Identifier mma_eye ...

Terracotta sculpture, known as an eye idol, probably from the Mesopotamian site of Tell Brak in northeastern Syria, where thousands of such sculptures were found in a part of the site now known as the "Eye Temple" and dating to the late 4th millennium B.C.

Thousands of these presumably votive “Eye Idols” have been found in a building now called the Eye Temple in Tell Brak. They depict a deity who observes the world but lacking ears and a mouth does not hear or speak.