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Zebu-shaped weight from Tel Beth-Shemesh -- Ely Levine et al.(2011) Zebu is a quintessential Indus Script hieroglyph to signify magnetite

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A Zebu-Shaped Weight from Tel Beth-Shemesh Author(s): Ely Levine, Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman Source: Israel Exploration Journal, Vol. 61, No. 2 (2011), pp. 146-161 Published by: Israel Exploration Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23214237
The choice of Zebu to create a bronze weight indicates the association of the bovine with metalwork. This association is explained emphatically as an Indus Script hieroglyph read rebus in Meluhha (Indian sprachbund, 'language union' of Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization): पोळ pōḷa, 'zebu, bos indicus' rebus: pōḷa 'magnetite, ferrous-ferric oxide Fe3O4', पोलाद pōlāda, 'crucible steel 

Magnetite, ferrite ore cluster wealth-category or wealth-classification

FS 10 (Frequency in M Corpus 54) Bos indicus, zebu. Humped bull.

Hieroglyph: पोळ pōḷa m A bull dedicated to the gods, marked with a trident and discus, and set at large.  पोळी (p. 305) pōḷī fig. A dewlap. पोळी पिकणें g. of s. To begin to fare sumptuously; to get into good living.  पोळा (p. 305) pōḷā m (पोळ) A festive day for cattle,--the day of new moon of श्रावण or of भाद्रपद. Bullocks are exempted from labor; variously daubed and decorated; and paraded about in worship. 

Rebus: पोळ pōḷa 'magnetite, ferrite ore'. To burn: पोळभाज pōḷabhāja f (पोळणें & भाजणें To burn &c.) In agriculture. A comprehensive term for the operations connected with the burning of the ground. 



















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