Archaeologists uncover earliest evidence for equid bit wear in the ancient Near East

(Bar-Ilan University) Achaeologists have uncovered the earliest example of the use of a bridle bit with an equid (horse family) in the Near East. The discovery provides first evidence of the use of the bit (mouth piece) to control an animal long before the appearance of the horse in the Near East. The evidence was derived from the skeleton of a donkey dating to the Early Bronze Age III (approximately 2700 BCE) .

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