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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 |
Files
Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
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Room 22 | TTB.31 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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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:24 Page:58 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:58 | (none) |
- 2 Media