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Gypsum alabaster eye idol from the Middle Uruk period, c. 3700-3500 BCE, Tell Brak, Syria.
Many similar artifacts have been found at Tell Brak; they were likely amuletic objects honoring the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal, wife of Nanna, or talismans reminding the person that the gods were watching over them.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Art, M. M. o. (2026, May 21). Mesopotamian Eye Idol. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21826/mesopotamian-eye-idol/
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Mesopotamian Eye Idol." World History Encyclopedia, May 21, 2026. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21826/mesopotamian-eye-idol/.
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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Mesopotamian Eye Idol." World History Encyclopedia, 21 May 2026, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21826/mesopotamian-eye-idol/.
