Eye inlay for a statue
Object type: Eye inlay
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Sumerian
Period: Early Dynastic IIIa
Date: ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Medium: Lapis lazuli, shell
Dimensions: 3/8 × 5/8 × 1/4 in. (0.9 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm)
Classification: Stone-Ornaments
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nippur
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Eyes