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Umgebung:

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

Lage:

  • Syrien, Shīḩā
  • geo:36.665928,41.057568
  • Lage ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -3700~ / unknown

Klassification:

  • Heiligtum
  • Sichtbar

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=41108

Anmerkungen

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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.

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.

Relevante Museen

Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum

Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum


In der Nähe

Tell Brak Head

Sculpture, Eyye Temple

Tell Brak, Naram-Sin Palace

Palace of Naram-Sin.

Nagar - Nawar

Modern Tell Brak