Thread by @serbiaireland

Thread: Good morning. Old Assyrian (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Assyr…) cylinder seal. British museum (britishmuseum.org/collection/obj… )

Official description: Man in a chariot driving four horses; before him seven human heads and two birds; one other bird is above the two horses

Hmmm...

Quadriga in 2nd millennium BC Mesopotamia... Interesting...A man? Or a God? Like Sun god? They love horse drawn chariots...Why 7 human heads? Maybe 7 months of Mesopotamia summer? Why birds? Maybe cause migratory birds announce the arrival and departure of summer and Sun god?

Check this thread for lots more details about dudes riding in chariots pulled by pile of horses...And the link between horses and sun (god)

https://twitter.com/serbiaireland/status/1405588128681844737

Also, is that grain depicted just above the two birds? Right in front the chariot...Mesopotamian harvest coincides with the beginning of summer (Apr/May)

https://twitter.com/serbiaireland/status/1403699469640683521

Maybe I am just reading too much into this. Maybe it is a man, a king, riding triumphantly over severed heads of his enemies which are being pecked by vultures and ravens....That's kind of cool too...