Description (Catalog Card): Weight 42.88 GRS. Ovoid. Haematite. Black. 5 sheqels (nominal weight 42.08 grs.) Type I.1     
Material (Catalog Card): Hematite2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): 0.042 x 0.013     
U Number: 16229Y     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights      
Season Number: 09: 1930-1931      
Description (Modern): Dark gray-blue stone, medium grained, smoothed. Flat base shows scratches. Ends round, one somewhat pecked. Basalt or diabase.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Basalt      
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1931,1010.157     
Measurement (Weight): 8.45     
Measurement (X): 40     
Measurement (Y): 11     
Measurement (Z): 10     
Notes: Length and width measurements match with field records, but weight is substantially different. Likely mis-recorded or mis-weighed in the field data.     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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