Early–Middle Bronze Age three-headed figurine from Syria. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Provenance: Formerly collection of the Comtesse de Fontmarin; acquired by the Museum in 1955, purchased from Mrs. Jacques Lindon, New York.
- Period:
- Early–Middle Bronze Age
- Date:
- ca. 2200–1750 B.C.
- Geography:
- Syria
- Medium:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- 3.75 x 2.06 in. (9.53 x 5.23 cm)
- Classification:
- Ceramics-Sculpture
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1955
- Accession Number:
- 55.188
References: Muscarella, Oscar W. 1981. Ladders to Heaven: Art Treasures from Lands of the Bible. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, pp. 229-230.
Looks very much like other Eye idols from Tell Brak, so I tentatively assign it there.