Syria, Tell Brak - Idol with eyes, ca. 3300 BC.

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Syrie, Tell Brak - Idole aux yeux, environ 3300 av. J.-C. 2

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Syria, Tell Brak
Rough marble idol with eyes

Condition: intact, except for a few stains and streaks.
Provenance: Belgian collection formed in the 1980/90's.

Dimensions :
Height : 8,1 cm
Width: 3.8 cm
Thickness: 1.5 cm
Weight 92gr

The conventional term "idols with eyes" was given by Max Mallowan in 1937-1938 during excavations at Tell Brak in Syria, where he discovered hundreds of small anthropomorphic plates with disproportionate eyes, arranged in a richly decorated building. The archaeologist extended this name to other objects, this time called "idols with glasses or eyes" because they are surmounted by two circles disproportionate to their total dimensions; they are considered to be the prototypes of the first ones.

Related items: Idols Decrorative arts Syria Tell Brak

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