Cult Object
Eye-Idol
Object Number: | 36-6-65 |
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Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
Provenience: | Iraq Tepe Gawra |
Archaeology Area: | Level XI |
Locus: | Level XI Tepe Gawra, 6 J [12 M] |
Period: | Gawra XI |
Date Made: | 4100-3900 BCE |
Early Date: | -4100 |
Late Date: | -3900 |
Section: | Near Eastern |
Materials: | Terracotta |
Iconography: | Hut Symbol |
Height: | 13 cm |
Width: | 13 cm |
Depth: | 12 cm |
Credit Line: | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1936 |
Other Number: | G5-1289 - Field No SF |
Description
Dark grey ware. "Hut" symbol. Wide hollow base. Broken and repaired.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
In the Artifact Lab: Conservation in Action (08 Apr 2017 - 12 Feb 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 342/ Cat. 1146 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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