Which constraint limited the dimensional scale of early Mesopotamian cast bronze statues?

💡 Explanation

Differential metal stress limited bronze statue size because volumetric solidification initiates surface contraction called differential cooling; stresses accumulate, therefore, resulting metal fatigues or cracks emerge, rather than uniform strength maintained at large scale.

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