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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE WEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A RECUMBENT IBEX
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE WEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A RECUMBENT IBEX

DYNASTY XVIII, PROBABLY REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, 1391-1353 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE WEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A RECUMBENT IBEX
DYNASTY XVIII, PROBABLY REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, 1391-1353 B.C.
With legs tucked beneath and raised head with curled horns
1 in. (2.7 cm.) long; 21.8 gms. weight (¼ deben)
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PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 240.

The use of animal forms and bronze as a material were a New Kingdom innovation for weights. There are faint traces of strokes on the right flank of this ibex indicating its weight (21.8 gms is approximately equivilant to 3 shekels or ¼ deben). Cf. A. Kozloff et al., Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and his World, Cleveland, 1992, p. 428, no. 116, for similar larger weight and further discussion on Egyptian weights.