Window into the Bible
Other Toys
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Boy Playing wih Yo-yo
Date: 440 - 420 BC
Place: Attica, Greece
Photographed at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Yo-yo
Date: 1st Century AD
Place: Pompeii, Italy
Photographed at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Terracotta Articulated Dolls
Date: 4th Century BC
Place: Corinth, Greece
Photographed at the Corinthian museum, Corinth, Greece.
Articuated Clay Doll
Date: 4th century BC
Photographed at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Terracotta Dancing Doll holding Castanets
Date: 350 BC
Place: Corinth, Greece
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
Terracotta Rattle of Child Riding a Boar
Date: 1st century BC - 1st century AD
Place: Possibly Pompeii
A small terracotta pellet inside the body of the boar makes the rattling noise.
Photographed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ceramic Pig Shaped Rattle
Date: 2000 - 1800 BC
Place: Shusin Temple at Tell Asmar
Ceramic Rattle
Date: 2000 - 1800 BC
Place: Refuse pit at Nippur
Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Spinning Toy with Animal Heads
Date: 2017 - 1750 BC
Place: Shusin Temple area at Tell-Asmar
Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kids Playing Leap Frog
Date: 2544 – 2600 BC (5th-6th Dynasty)
Place: From tomb of Nykauinpu, Giza, Egypt
Made from limestone.
Zechariah 8:5 describes a day of restoration for the city of Jerusalem and mentions children: ‘The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.’
Rattle
Date: 1540 – 1075 BC
Place: Thebes, Egypt
Made from wood and bone.