Eyestone
![A single eyestone made from agate. The larger concentric circle is off white and the smaller circle inside of it is a dark brown.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/eyestone-agate-2/@@images/173d4258-e30c-4526-97d6-d9f364181449.jpeg)
Eyestone
- Medium:
- Agate
- Location:
- Nippur (modern Nuffar), Iraq
- Dimensions:
- Diam. 1 cm; D. 1 cm
- Date:
- Kassite Period, ca. 1595–1155 BCE
- Inventory Number:
- B16161
- Lender:
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
- Credit:
- Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I–IV, 1888–1900
Courtesy of Penn Museum