A zebu-shaped weight from Tel Beth-Shemesh
In 2007, a bronze zoomorphic weight, shaped as a humped bull or zebu, Bos indicus, was found in a Late Bronze Age context in the renewed excavations at Tel Beth-Shemesh. The similarity of this object to other figurines and balance weights not only demonstrates commercial and cultural ties among Late...
| Published in: | Israel exploration journal |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Israel exploration journal
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Beth Shemesh |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | In 2007, a bronze zoomorphic weight, shaped as a humped bull or zebu, Bos indicus, was found in a Late Bronze Age context in the renewed excavations at Tel Beth-Shemesh. The similarity of this object to other figurines and balance weights not only demonstrates commercial and cultural ties among Late Bronze Age sites, but also indicates familiarity with this sub-species of cattle, usually associated with South Asia. Despite its excellent state of preservation, this weight does not reveal much about its particular position in the Beth Shemesh economy because it was made with a hollow cavity used to modulate its mass. This zebu-shaped weight provides us with further evidence of the frontier status of Beth Shemesh and points to the site’s connections with the Eastern Mediterranean trade network of the Late Bronze Age. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-2059 |
| Contains: | In: Israel exploration journal
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