Animal Figurine with Wheels

Collection number	製011-0116
Provenance	Northern Syria
Period	Early Bronze Age
Date	ca. 3000-2000 BCE
Material	Terracotta
Dimension	H. 9.7 cm
Comment	A bridle is depicted on the face of a horned animal (perhaps a bull). Four wheels are attached to the legs. The earliest evidence of a wheel is a pictograph on a clay tablet from Uruk dated ca. 3300 BC, which shows two circles under something like a sledge. Wheeled chariots drawn by four onagers are depicted on the so-called Standard of Ur dated 2500 BC. A clay figurine of a four-wheeled chariot was found at Tell Chuera, Syria, dated the third millennium BC. The invention of the wheel had a great influence on battles and on the transportation of goods. This piece might have been a kind of toy, because the wheeled legs show an unrealistic feature.
Classification	clay object
Keywords	Orange, White Pretty, Tiny Western Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Syria, Northern Syria Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age Clay, Terracotta Sculpture/Statue, Animal figurine Creature, Tetrapoda, Cattle, Horned animal
資料ID	1141