I don't have a primary source, but have seen articles similar to these links that mentions the toy to religious object classification overlap (with almost the s

I don't have a primary source, but have seen articles similar to these links that mentions the toy to religious object classification overlap (with almost the same pull quote): https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-toys-kids-archaeological-record https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-toys-kids-archae... https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220816-the-worlds-oldest-toys-what-toys-were-used-in-the-past https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220816-the-worlds-oldes... There's a lot of guesswork involved in the field, I would think?