16429CC | 1932,1008.58

General
Archival

Material (Catalog Card):	Stone

U Number:	16429CC¹
Museum:	British Museum
Object Type:	Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Other Weights
Season Number:	09: 1930-1931
Description (Modern):	Description Conical black stone weight. Dimensions Height: 0.81 inches Diameter: 0.56 inches²
Description (Modern):	High polish black stone with some gray and white visible. One end sharply cut flat, other rounded with some flattening. Result is either very high dome or more like half ovoid. Stone is probably burned dolomite. Flat end not high polish, shows scratches.
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Basalt
Museum Number (BM Big Number):	128463
Museum Number (BM Registration Number):	1932,1008.58³
Measurement (Weight):	5.45
Measurement (X):	21
Measurement (Y):	14
Measurement (Z):	10
Notes:	There are weights in British Museum records that are associated with the field number U.16429 but for which no field cards exist. Perceived as duplicates, Woolley frequently gathered together similar objects (especially ones brought in by workers from outside Ur) under one number and it could well be that he assigned more weights to this field number than he recorded.

[1] No catalog card exists for U.16429 beyond W. Those recorded here as AA and beyond are assigned to weights that have the field number in their British Museum records but have no sub-letter and do not match know sub-letter descriptions and measurements.

[2] British Museum database

[3] Data collected by British Museum research team.