Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace

Why it mattersKey Northern Uruk / Ninevite 5 tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 3800 BCE Eye Temple; tell from 4200 BCE

Period

Uruk (3800–3200 BCE) temple; city 4200 BCE

Culture

Northern Uruk / Ninevite 5

Purpose

Proto-urban temple platform covered with votive Eye Idols — earliest urban cult centre of north Mesopotamia

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1886

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 800 CE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace

2. 1950 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace

• Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace — Principal Palace

  palace

  palace at Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace — primary structure

  36.6681° N · 41.0492° E

• Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace — Northern Temple

  temple

  temple at Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace — primary structure

  36.6661° N · 41.0517° E

• Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace — Gate Annex 3

  gate

  gate at Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace — hydraulic feature

  36.6669° N · 41.0501° E