Here is another remarkably early piece displaying the method of animation.
The image was found on a bowl in Iran dated at being five thousand and two hundred years old.













The jug has five different pictures of the same animal in slightly different positions and when spun makes the animation to the left.
I feel although the animation is simple and does not move correctly following the laws of physics, the idea and method practised in which to create the animation, for the time it was created is amazing.
Although none of the modern equipment was available to the Creator of this work you can see he still has guide lines for his animation. For example, the lines on the top and bottom, as well as the trees on either side gave the artist a guide line on where the animals next position could be.