Rattle

2000 BC - 1800 BC
Clay
Tell Asmar
9.0 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm
A8457

Oriental Institute Museum

Artifact Description

Rattle

This small, baked clay rattle is in the shape of a pig (or possibly a hedgehog). The inside contains tiny stones intended to produce sound when the rattle is shaken.

Collected by

Henri Frankfort, Field Director of the Iraq Expedition
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1930-1931

Suggested Readings

Hunter, Erica. First Civilizations: Cultural Atlas for Young People. New York: Facts on File, 1994.

Kramer, Samuel Noah. Cradle of Civilization. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1967.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.

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