What is the oldest human-created artifact that has mattered to you? Why or how does it matter?

               An artifact is an object that was created by or revised by a human being. Most of the time this term is used in archeology when a new artifact is discovered. Artifacts include things such as stone tools, pottery vessels, metal items such as guns, jewelry, and clothes. However, I think the most important artifact that matters to me is the water pitcher. A water pitcher is a large glass with a spout and normally a handle also to make it easier to carry. The word pitcher comes from the thirteenth century Middle Eastern word, picher which means earthen jug. It was first discovered by an archeologist on May 15, 1930. Then it was also mentioned many times in the Bible such as when Rebekah came to Abraham with a vessel of water. Jesus also asks two disciples to come to the city of Jerusalem to meet a man for a pitcher of water in the gospel of Mark. I think this artifact is very important because it helped the people of that time survive. It was an easy way to transport a large amount of water or any other drink from place to place. So if your water source that you use is a long distance away from where you live, instead of having to go back to the source every time you needed water you could just bring a water pitcher to fill. By using this pitcher, people could also store water for a long period of time. Now a days we also use a pitcher to store drinks in it such as lemonade in the summer time.