16429M | 31-43-114

16976http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16976/16429M | 31-43-114

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Object TypeOvoid Weights

Season Number09: 1930-1931

TechniqueInscribed

MaterialSteatite

U Number16429M

Description (Catalog Card)Weight Greenish-black steatite. Thus: [drawing]. 3 incised strokes on side. Too chipped for weighing. Type II. Woolley's description

Description (Modern)Poorly formed sphendonoid (ovoid) of dark green stone mottled with lighter green. Flattened base, some polishing, pocking irregularities natural in stone, vaguely smoothed. Three long vertical strokes carved toward one end at top indicate units.

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Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)31-43-114

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 0.044

Measurement (Weight)25.6

Measurement (X)44

Measurement (Y)22

Measurement (Z)18

NotesBritish Museum accession number 128460 is also an ovoid with three crude lines incised and is listed as U.16429 in their records. It is a tan color, however, and does not match the drawing as closely as Penn Museum 31-43-114 which is listed in records as U.16429M.