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)
16242	31-43-256	(none)	(none)	Duck weight Limestone (chipped). grey To be weighed. [drawing] type VI
16246A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed.
16246B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed.
16246C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed.
16246D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed.
16247	(none)	1931,1010.183	(none)	Inscribed Weight Ovoid Steatite Dark Grey Inscribed [Drawing of Cuneiform] (=IGI-II-GAL= one half) 1/2 a Half-Sheqel (Nominal Weight = 2.104 GRS) Type I
16248	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight 4.48 grs. Pyramidal. Black hematite. HALF-SHEQEL(?) (Nominal weight 4.208 grs). Type IV.
16249	(none)	1931,1010.185	(none)	Duck weight 24.32 grs. Brownish-grey limestone. Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 grs.). Type VI. [A-B are subdivisions based on BMdb]
16249A	(none)	1931,1010.113	(none)	[A-B are subdivisions based on BMdb] Duck-Weight 24.32 Grs brownish-gray Limestone Weight 1670.48 ratio 3 unit 9.28 Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 GRS) Type VI
16249B	(none)	1931,1010.111	(none)	Duck-Weight 24.32 Grs brownish-gray Limestone Weight 1670.48 ratio 3 unit 9.28 Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 GRS) Type VI
16250	31-43-111	(none)	(none)	Duck weight 3.84 grs. Blackish-brown steatite. Probably half-sheqel (nominal weight 4.208grs.). Type VI.
16251	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight 1.92 grs. Brownish-black steatite. 1/4 sheqel (nominal weight 2.104). Type VI.
16252	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight greenish-black diorite(?) to be weighed. Type VI.
16253	31-43-266	(none)	(none)	Weight 16.64 grs. long ovoid, Grey-green. 2 sheqels (nominal weight 16.832 grs.) Type ?
16254	31-43-122	(none)	(none)	Weight 1.6 GRS. Flattened lentoid. Crystal. White 11 little sheqels (nominal weight 1.54 grs.). Type II
16268A	35-1-400	(none)	(none)	[A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing]
16268B	(none)	1931,1010.116	(none)	[A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing]
16268C	35-1-403	(none)	(none)	[A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing]
16268D	(none)	1931,1010.117	(none)	[A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing]
16268E	(none)	1931,1010.115	(none)	[A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing]
16268F	31-43-265	(none)	(none)	[A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing]
16268H	(none)	1931,1010.119	(none)	[G-N] Stone pounders. Pebbles, mostly natural shape, of hard stone, of different sorts, several of them bearing marks when they have been used for hammering gold, or where gold has been hammered on them. Most have been split by the heat when the temple was burnt. Amongst them are [O-Q] 3 worked tools, pounders. [drawing]
16268I	35-1-48	(none)	(none)	[G-N] Stone pounders. Pebbles, mostly natural shape, of hard stone, of different sorts, several of them bearing marks when they have been used for hammering gold, or where gold has been hammered on them. Most have been split by the heat when the temple was burnt. Amongst them are [O-Q] 3 worked tools, pounders. [drawing]
16268J	35-1-402	(none)	(none)	[G-N] Stone pounders. Pebbles, mostly natural shape, of hard stone, of different sorts, several of them bearing marks when they have been used for hammering gold, or where gold has been hammered on them. Most have been split by the heat when the temple was burnt. Amongst them are [O-Q] 3 worked tools, pounders. [drawing]
16268L	(none)	(none)	(none)	[G-N] Stone pounders. Pebbles, mostly natural shape, of hard stone, of different sorts, several of them bearing marks when they have been used for hammering gold, or where gold has been hammered on them. Most have been split by the heat when the temple was burnt. Amongst them are [O-Q] 3 worked tools, pounders. [drawing]