15151B | 31-16-507
| 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): | 135 grains [= 8.75 grams]4 |
| U Number: | 15151B1 |
| Museum: | University of Pennsylvania Museum |
| Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights |
| Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
| Description (Modern): | Highly polished dark brown-gray stone with lighter speckles. Flattened on four sides so that section is roughly square but with rounded corners. Ends flat some tapering to them. Overall shape is cross between ovoid and loaf. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Hematite |
| Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 31-16-507 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 8.1 |
| Measurement (X): | 40 |
| Measurement (Y): | 11 |
| Measurement (Z): | 10 |
| [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. |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/1788 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.