Text, Troy vessel lid with calendrical and cosmic symbols

Lid of a vessel with calendrical markings | Ceramic | 3rd-2nd millennium BC | Troy (Hisarlik), Canakkale Province, Turkey | This circular ceramic lid from ancient Troy is decorated with incised symbols representing early calendrical and cosmological understanding. Eleven engraved radial lines extend from a central circle, symbolizing the difference in days between the solar and lunar years, dividing the disc into four distinct sections. Each section likely represented one of the four seasons.