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Large weight in the shape of a bull

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The weight is shaped as a crouching zebu with its legs tucked underneath it and short horns. The body has been delicately modelled, and other notable aspects are the details of the face and the rendering of the neck. On the inside, close to the break, is a rectangular field indicating the weight of 20 deben in a bold golden inlay. This means that this bull is the largest metal weight in animal form known to us.

Present location

PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number

6249

Dating

18TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

WEIGHT

Material

LEAD; BRONZE; GOLD

Technique

HOLLOW CAST; INLAID

Height

7.2 cm

Width

6 cm

Translation

"[1] 20"

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