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Alabaster sculpture, Tell BrakTell Brak, Head of an overlifesized statueTell Brak, Letter with a sealTell Brak, Letter about Mitanni cylinder sealTell Brak, Statuette of a bull

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Shīḩā
  • geo:36.665928,41.057568
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -3700~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=41108

Annotations

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.

Relevant museums

Deir ez-Zor Museum

Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum


Nearby

Tell Brak Head

Sculpture, Eye Temple

Tell Brak, Naram-Sin Palace

Palace of Naram-Sin - storehouse.

Nagar - Nawar, Tell Brak

Modern Tell Brak


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