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): 25 grains [=1.62 grams]4     
U Number: 15151I1     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights      
Season Number: 08: 1929-1930      
Description (Modern): High polish gray-silver hematite with no flaws apparent. Smooth rounding, no flat base, very flat ends.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Hematite      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 31-16-510     
Measurement (Weight): 1.50     
Measurement (X): 21     
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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