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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Shīḩā
  • geo:36.665928,41.057568

Period or year

  • -3700~ / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Tell Brak, Eye Temple

data access 41108

The Eye Temple at Tell Brak dates back to the IV millenium BC. It isn`t known to which deity this temple was dedicated. It is called the "Eye Temple" for the huge ammount of the alabaster figurines discovered in it.

See:

  1. Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz, The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000-300 BC), Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 198 ff.

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2017-04-21) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/41108
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Tell Brak, Eye Temple. https://vici.org/vici/41108, accessed 2026-11-12.