Marbre. H. 8 cm
Mésopotamie, Culture Tell Brak, 3300-3000 av. J.-C
A Mesopotamian Tell Brak marble Eye Idol. these were kept in public temples from the third millennium BC in modern-day Iraq. The ancient Mesopotamians believed that the eyes were the most important characteristic of the body, and representative of your soul, so families would have small idols made to be exact replicas of people's eyes, and abstract on everything else, to be kept safely in the temple. 3300-3000 B.C.
A Mesopotamian Tell Brak marble Eye Idol. these were kept in public temples from the third millennium BC in modern-day Iraq. The ancient Mesopotamians believed that the eyes were the most important characteristic of the body, and representative of your soul, so families would have small idols made to be exact replicas of people's eyes, and abstract on everything else, to be kept safely in the temple. 3300-3000 B.C.
Provenance
Ex Collection Mallart
Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 1973
Fondation Rassla, Zurich
Publications
G. Ligabue, G. Rossi-Osmida, Dea Madre, Etecta ed., Milano 2006, p. 122
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