#08 bronze sun wheel 铜太阳形器
This one has been recognized as the most modern cultural relic in #Sanxingdui Museum, which is of disc-shape and easily makes people remind of the steering wheel of car. Therefore, once the bronze sun wheel was unearthed, it has been shrouded in mystery.
There were six in total wheel-shaped artifacts unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit of Sanxingdui, they are all with a diameter about 85 cm. There has been many speculations about the purpose of this bronze sun wheel. Some people hold the opinion that it is a wheel on a ancient bronze car, others believe that it is an ornament on a shield. The academic circles generally consider it as a ritual vessel symbolizing the pattern of the sun.
这是#三星堆博物馆最具现代感的一件文物，圆盘状的造型让人不禁联想到汽车的方向盘。因此，铜太阳形器一经出土，就笼罩着一层神秘感。
三星堆二号祭祀坑一共出土了六件这样的轮状器物，直径都在85厘米左右。对于这个青铜轮形器的用途，外界有太多的猜测。有人说是青铜车上的车轮，也有人说它是盾牌上的饰物。不过目前学术界普遍还是认为它是一件表现太阳形象的礼器。