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SUBMITTER: Bar-Oz G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3590166 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20130306 3
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 combination of evidence for the early employment of equid harnessing equipment, both for chariot bridling (horse bit) and pack animals (saddlebags). The ritually deposited donkey with its unique acco ...[more]