16308A | 31-43-109
| Description (Catalog Card): | 4 weights. Hematite. (A) long flattened lentoid. Type III, weight 1.82 grs. - 13 little sheqels (exactly); (B) lentoid (in 2 pieces) Type II weight 5.184 grs - 37 little sheqels (exactly); (C) lentoid, Type II weight 2.56 grs. - 18 little sheqels (Nominal weight 2.52 grs); (D) long lentoid, Type III weight 0.96 grs. - 7 little sheqels (nominal weight 0.95 grs). [E] Also fragment of ovoid weight Type I cf 163071 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | G. 34. A.H |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Haematite2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. 0.3 |
| U Number: | 16308A |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Description (Modern): | Elongated, very slim. Slight flattening on two sides, ends flat and squared. Chip at one end and tiny dents opposite. High polish gray-black hematite. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Hematite |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 31-43-1093 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 2.12 |
| Measurement (X): | 29 |
| Measurement (Y): | 5 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
| [3] Four weights (one broken in half) are all under this museum number |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG/23 | AHG/34 | Analysis of unpublished notes suggests that LG/23, along with LG/24, is associated with the "early" phase of a two-phase LP occupational sequence in this structure; approximate location of LG/23 in room is known. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hanging in the Balance: Precision Weighing in Antiquity | Hanging in the Balance: Precision Weighing in Antiquity | 2005 | Hafford, William B. | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:17 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:17 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Field Note Cards | Woolley's Field Note Cards | Ur_Notes_v3_p010 | Ur_Notes_v3_p010 | (none) |
- 3 Media
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> AH Site | AH >> Straight Street | Division Street >> No. 4 Straight Street >> Room 3 >> LG/23 | AHG/34
References
Hafford, William B. (2005) [title missing], .