15151J | 1930,1213.164
Description (Catalog Card): | [A-J] 10 weights. Hematite. Lentoid shaped. [A] 270 grains [B] 135 grains [C] 95 grains [D] 100 grains [E] 70 grains [F] 48 grains [G] 40 grains [H] 45 grains [I] 25 grains [J] 15 grains [later addition in pen=] (A) weight 6.11 ratio 2/3 s unit 9.16 (B) weight 4.225 ratio 1/2 s unit 8.452 |
Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 1788 |
Material (Catalog Card): | Haematite3 |
Measurement (Catalog Card): | 15 grains [= 0.97 grams]4 |
U Number: | 15151J1 |
Museum: | British Museum |
Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights |
Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
Description (Modern): | High polish black hematite. No flat base noted, preserved end flat. Broken in middle with long fault line at oblique angle. broken roughly in half |
Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Hematite |
Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 122864 |
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1930,1213.164 |
Measurement (Weight): | 0.71 |
Measurement (X): | 9 |
Measurement (Y): | 5 |
[1] Sub-letters have been assigned based on the order of a list of grain weights Woolley recorded at the side of the field card; confusingly, a later addition to the card has recorded 2 weights in grams, listed as A & B but they do not correspond to the order of all 10 grain weights. |
[2] Woolley's description |
[3] Material as described by Woolley |
[4] The field reported weights are ~10% heavier than weights obtained in modern measures of these objects. |
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Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
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![]() | PG/1788 | (none) | (none) |
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Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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![]() | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery | 1934 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
![]() | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:61 Page:213 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:61 Page:213 | (none) |
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Context
Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 1701-1800 >> PG/1788
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1934) Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery, Oxford: Oxford University Press.