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AN ELAMITE AGATE INSCRIBED EYESTONE
Kassite period, second half of 14th Century B.C.
With the pupil of the eye as the raised brown layer of the stone on which is cut a short cuneiform inscription reading "Ninurta", the Babylonian god of war, pierced twice for attachment
1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) long
Kassite period, second half of 14th Century B.C.
With the pupil of the eye as the raised brown layer of the stone on which is cut a short cuneiform inscription reading "Ninurta", the Babylonian god of war, pierced twice for attachment
1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) long