Animation discovered on 5,200-year-old pottery
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:14 am
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A 5,200 year old piece of pottery from Iran has been discovered to embody the oldest known animation in the world -- a wild goat eating vegetation:
The wild goat motif can be seen on Iranian pottery dating back to the 4th millennium BCE, as well as jewellery pieces especially among Cassite tribes of ancient Luristan. However, the oldest wild goat representation in Iran was discovered in Negaran Valley in Sardast region, 37 kilometers from Nahok village near Saravan back in 1999. The engraved painting of wild goat is part of an important collection of lithoglyphs dating back to 8000 BCE.
However, wild goat representation with a tree is associated with Murkum, a mother goddess who was worshipped by all the Indo-Iranian women of the Haramosh valley in modern Pakistan, which culturally had closer ties with Indus and subsequently the Burnt City civilisations, than Mesopotamia, which could had influenced the ancient potter who made this unique piece.
Federal authorities now say that this animated goat in Iran is reason enough to put Vynsane.com's The Goat under arrest and inprison him at an undisclosed location. Unfortunatly for The Goat, no activists will come to his aide. Animal Rights groups do not protect talking animals, and the ACLU does not cover farm animals. 