Description (Catalog Card): [A-B] 2 hematite weights. Lentoid shapes. Type II. [C-F Additional letters weights according to British Museum]     
U Number: 13035E1     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights 2     
Season Number: 07: 1928-1929      
Description (Modern): Dark grey diorite or heated limestone ovoid with clearly flattened base. Some striations from shaping but overall is polished to high sheen. Top of weight marked with deeply incised X [= 1/2 shekel].     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Diorite 2     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1929,1017.465     
Measurement (Weight): 4.4     
Measurement (X): 27.5     
Measurement (Y): 10.5     
[1] The catalogue card only lists A & B, but six examples with this field number exist in the British Museum.
[2] Data recorded by Dr. William B. Hafford.

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