16247 | 1931,1010.183
Description (Catalog Card): | Inscribed Weight Ovoid Steatite Dark Grey Inscribed [Drawing of Cuneiform] (=IGI-II-GAL= one half) 1/2 a Half-Sheqel (Nominal Weight = 2.104 GRS) Type I1 |
Material (Catalog Card): | Steatite2 |
Measurement (Catalog Card): | 2.112 GRS 0.02 x 0.008 |
U Number: | 16247 |
Museum: | British Museum |
Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights |
Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights |
Description (Modern): | Fine to medium grained gray-blue stone ovoid weight showing many small, light scratches across its surface in a slight angle to the long axis. May be heated dolomite or limestone. Inscribed at top with cuneiform(?), |
Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Basalt |
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1931,1010.183 |
Measurement (Weight): | 2.09 |
Measurement (X): | 20 |
Measurement (Y): | 8 |
[1] Woolley's description |
[2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
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![]() | Unknown | Woolley did not list a location. | (none) |
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Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:200 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:200 | (none) |
- 2 Media