Weights and Measures

This category includes implements used for weighing out other objects or supplies.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
1504	(none)	(none)	B15729	Stone weight(?) grey-black stone. Flattened on underside. Incised marks (possibly Aramaic letters) Type I. P. [drawing].
15041	30-12-523	(none)	(none)	Weight Diorite? (elongated date stone) inscribed: 1 shekel. Type III.
1505	(none)	1924,0920.182	(none)	Weight (?) Black stone. Blunt-end cigar-shaped. Type II. [drawing 2:5]
1506	(none)	1924,0920.183	(none)	Stone weight (?) Mottled mauve-black stone. Like U.1505 (smaller) Type II.
1507	(none)	(none)	B15731	Stone weight. Mottled black stone. Like U.1506 (more elongated). Type II. P. [Philadelphia]
1508	(none)	1924,0920.185	(none)	Weight (?) Black stone, with groove cut round the middle. Like U.1507, more elongated. Type III.
15151A	(none)	1930,1213.159	(none)	[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 8.45
15151B	31-16-507	(none)	(none)	[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 8.45
15151C	(none)	1930,1213.160	(none)	[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 8.45
15151D	(none)	1930,1213.162	(none)	[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 8.45
15151E	(none)	1930,1213.161	(none)	[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 8.45
15151F	31-16-508	(none)	(none)	[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 8.45
15151G	(none)	1930,1213.163	(none)	[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 8.45
15151H	31-16-511	(none)	(none)	[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 8.45
15151I	31-16-510	(none)	(none)	[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 8.45
15151J	(none)	1930,1213.164	(none)	[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 8.45
1547	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone Duck Weight. White limestone. (Weathered0 Type VI
15472	31-174-74	(none)	(none)	Gold Roundel. Filigree - open work. [drawing 1:1]
1548	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight (?) of white stone or marble; elongated oval in shape; pierced horizontally through greatest breadth. Type II
1550	(none)	1924,0920.205	(none)	Roughly fashioned human hand, with fingers. Dark grey stone. [drawing 2:5]
15582	31-16-473	(none)	(none)	Hematite (?) Lump. Found by the head of the body in a TO grave.
15586	(none)	1935,0112.70	(none)	Stone pestle or pounder mottled stone (like a kind of granite?) [drawing]
15710	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight miniature. Hematite. [drawing 1:1]
158	(none)	(none)	(none)	Iron ingot (?). Barrel-shaped with flattened ends: much oxidized.
16048	(none)	1931,1010.5	(none)	Stone Inscription (pebble) Inscribed with quantities of silver, copper and ... Archaic script. HC.30/VII, 2 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]