Art Mesopotamian Eye Idol/metal base

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(Mesopotamia, ca. 3000 B.C.)
In 1937, English archaeologists discovered the remains of a remarkable temple near the town of Tell Brak in northeastern Syria. The plasterwork appeared to contain hundreds of alabaster idols. They all had angular, flat bodies and heads with large eyes. They were called "eye idols," and the temple was nicknamed the "eye temple. "Tell Barak was one of the most important cities in northern Mesopotamia (the twin river country between the Euphrates and the Tigris) in the fourth and third millennia BCE. The fortified city controlled the important trade route through the Tigris valley, along which metals were brought from northern Anatolia, and along which caravans traveled to and from the Mediterranean.