16268D | 1931,1010.117
| Description (Catalog Card): | [A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing] |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | BC Dungi building Room XII |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L..103 Diam .041 |
| U Number: | 16268D |
| Object Type: | Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Description (Modern): | shaped sphendonoid of fire blackened limestone or granite. Ends are flattened and there is a kind of faceting to the sides from shaping but no truly clear flattened base. There is some slight chipping on one side but otherwise in good condition. |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 128445 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1931,1010.117 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 261 |
| Measurement (X): | 102 |
| Measurement (Y): | 41 |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Room 12 | Dungi Room 12 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period | 1974 | Woolley, Leonard | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:221 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:221 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:222 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:64 Page:222 | (none) |
- 3 Media
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Mausoleum Site | BC >> Mausolea of Shulgi | Dungi Building >> Room 12 | Dungi Room 12
References
Woolley, Leonard. (1974) Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period, Oxford: Oxford University Press.