This picture was for a contest with the theme “Strange Discovery”. Years ago I had this strange thought about archeologists digging up a primitive object that was inexplicably and undeniably about a modern subject — the Wheel of Fortune TV game show.

My contest entry was accompanied by this caption:
“click … buzz … click … Sir? … Burgess sir, Dr. Burgess. I’m an archeologist … I understand. It gave me a good laugh too but it’s not a hoax … Approximately life size. Tool marks and some sand around it indicate it was abraded using other stones … between 4000 and 11000 … no, I can’t explain it.”

I had trouble making convincing ground and layers. Since the deadline was approaching I used what I could do quickly for the ground.

Here is a wire-frame.