Description (Catalog Card): [A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Found in EH G20     
Material (Catalog Card): Haematite3     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L.0024 B. 0028     
U Number: 6178F     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Ovoid Weights      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Description (Modern): high polish black hematite with one linear fault line. Preserved end narrow but flat, other broken vertically but rough. Had flat base. broken roughly in half2     
Description (Modern): Description Scaraboid-shaped hematite weight. Dimensions Length: 0.5 inches Width: 0.88 inches Thickness: 0.25 inches Weight: 2.86 grammes Condition Fair     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Hematite      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 118580     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1927,0527.53     
Measurement (Weight): 5.322     
Measurement (X): 24.02     
Measurement (Y): 10.02     
Measurement (Z): 9.02     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Data recorded by Dr. William B. Hafford.
[3] Material as described by Woolley

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LG/145 | EHG/20 NW Building, Square S7. (none)
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Media: 6178F | 1927,0527.53 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

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Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period 1976 Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:31 Page:177 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:31 Page:177 (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:31 Page:177_v Card -- BM ID:194 Box:31 Page:177_v (none)
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