Inscribed Eyestone

Description:

Pierced eyestone with cuneiform inscription (the name of the goddess Ninlil)

Medium:

Agate

Location:

Near the Ziggurat and Parthian Fortress, Nippur (modern Nuffar), Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 2 cm; W. 1.6 cm; D. 1 cm

Date:

Kassite Period, ca. 1595–1155 BCE

Inventory Number:

B8723a

Lender:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

Credit:

Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I–IV, 1888–1900