A MESOPOTAMIAN BLACK STONE EYE IDOL, of stylized form with triangular body, slender neck and 'heart-shaped' head with two perforations for the eyes; three similar bone eye idols; and two bone pins with twin eyes as terminals, all repaired -- 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) to 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) high, late 4th millennium B.C. (6)

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A MESOPOTAMIAN BLACK STONE EYE IDOL, of stylized form with triangular body, slender neck and 'heart-shaped' head with two perforations for the eyes; three similar bone eye idols; and two bone pins with twin eyes as terminals, all repaired -- 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) to 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) high, late 4th millennium B.C. (6)

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