Rattle
2000 BC - 1800 BC
Clay
Tell Asmar
9.0 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm
A8457
Clay
Tell Asmar
9.0 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm
A8457
Oriental Institute Museum
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.