Small Wheel-like Object with Chevron Pattern

SMALL WHEEL-LIKE OBJECT WITH CHEVRON PATTERN

Dating unknown
Reportedly discovered in Shouzhou (centered in present-day Shou County, Anhui province)
Inventory number: XLIX:I:C.u.03.

This small wheel-like object has repeating chevron patterns along the surface. It has a hole that goes through the object. It may have been used as a tool to stamp patterns into wet clay, either for ceramics or making moulds from which bronze objects were cast.