2-679-186 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

Skull (Jericho Skull), Pre-pottery Neolithic B, 7300-6300 BC. Portrait skull, the eye sockets, cheeks and base of the skull being made up with clay, on which no trace of a surface remains; the eyes are represented by cowrie shells; was originally plastered and painted. Dimension: width: 16.7 cmheight: 15.2 cmlength: 22 cm