16429A | 1931,1010.113
Description (Catalog Card): | Duck weight Steatite, pale grey. Erased inscription in 2 lines, incised in square frame on right side. Traces of characters still visible as follows: [drawing]. To be weighed. Type VI [drawing]1 |
Find Context (Catalog Card): | BC Dungi Room 12 |
Material (Catalog Card): | Steatite2 |
Measurement (Catalog Card): | 0.094 x 0.051 (height) |
U Number: | 16429A |
Museum: | British Museum |
Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Duck Weights |
Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights |
Description (Modern): | Highly polished calcite brownish green with heavy salt accretion at breast and base. Small head and bill depicted on back, neck large, little detail and medium relief. Inscribed at side but intentionally defaced and illegible. Base flat, tail wide and rounded. |
Description (Modern): | Object is not sealed. |
Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Calcite Group >> Calcite |
Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 128444 |
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1931,1010.113 |
Tablet ID Number: | X007284 |
Measurement (Weight): | 485.0 |
Measurement (X): | 92 |
Measurement (Y): | 70 |
Measurement (Z): | 50 |
[1] Woolley's description |
[2] Material as described by Woolley |
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Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
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![]() | Room 12 | Dungi Room 12 | (none) | (none) |
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Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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![]() | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:171 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:171 | (none) |
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Mausoleum Site | BC >> Mausolea of Shulgi | Dungi Building >> Room 12 | Dungi Room 12