Cult Object, Eye-Idol - 36-6-147 | Collections

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Object Number:	36-6-147
Current Location:	Middle East Galleries Currently On Display
Provenience:	Iraq Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area:	Level XIa (likely)
Locus:	Level, perhaps XIa Tepe Gawra, 7 K [11 L]
Period:	Gawra XIa (uncertain)
Section:	Near Eastern
Materials:	Terracotta
Iconography:	Hut Symbol
Height:	12.5 cm
Outside Diameter:	11.5 cm
Credit Line:	American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1936
Other Number:	G5-1556 - Field No SF

Description

Gritty grey-green ware. "Hut" symbol. Handmade.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 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
What In the World TV Program (01 Jan 1952 - 31 Dec 1952)	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. 324/ Cat. 584