Description (Archival): CBS records say duck weight. Broken. 30 ma-na / gi-na / dGimil il Sin ka     
Description (Catalog Card): Basalt duck weight. Broken below the breast and badly cracked by fire. Inscribed on wing 30 true minas. Type VI1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): T.T.B 31 / E-nun-mah room 22     
Measurement (Catalog Card): length circ. 027 width 021 ht. 020     
U Number: 808     
Object Type: Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Duck Weights      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 01: 1922-1923      
Description (Modern): Well-formed but badly burned and cracked duck weight. Made of what looks to be a conglomerate limestone, but the cracking from burning may be causing this appearance. The head of the duck is well detailed with eyes and beak prominent. Around 1/4 of the overall weight is missing, broken away at the lower front of the duck. The inscription on the side is only just visible. As a 30 mina weight, it should weigh in the range of 15kg; if it is truly missing 1/4 of its weight, the original total would have been around 14.2kg.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Basalt      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B15325     
Measurement (Weight): 11300     
[1] Woolley's description

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Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:58 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:58 (none)
Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period Ur Excavations VI; The Ur III Period 1974 Woolley, Leonard (none)
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