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Symbolic Metal Bit and Saddlebag Fastenings in a Middle Bronze Age Donkey Burial

Here we report the unprecedented discovery of the skeleton of a ritually interred donkey with a metal horse bit in association with its teeth and saddlebag fastenings on its back. This discovery in the Middle Bronze Age III sacred precinct (1700/1650-1550 BCE) at Tel Haror, Israel, presents a unique...

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Autores principales: Bar-Oz, Guy, Nahshoni, Pirhiya, Motro, Hadas, Oren, Eliezer D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23484046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058648