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1st May 07

Just a quick trawl around the internet at the end of April.

First some "good" ones:

 





See here for something interesting regarding the one above on the right

 

www.collector-antiquities.com/index.php

 

 

These in the Fitzwilliam Museum

 






 

Some more seen by Prof Lambert.

 





 

And then.............

Are these eye idols at all?





 

Well, this one excavated at Tepe Gawra



 

But the likes of this now thought to have ben used to twine threads.

(See previously on  page 2)

 



They are becoming really silly!

 



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A brand new type!

December 2010.

 



And in 2019, another pops up.

I wonder how many of these rather ridiculous little things are in collections .



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Same stone, same technique, similar errors: same factory.

 

 



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We will discuss this one and a few others on the next page>>>