1190

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Object TypeDuck Weights

Season Number02: 1923-1924

Object TypeBalance Pan Weights

MuseumThe National Museum of Iraq

Culture/PeriodUr III

TechniqueInscribed

Text GenreRoyal/Monumental

MaterialDiorite

MaterialStones and Minerals

U Number1190

Description (Catalog Card)Portion of a large black diorite duck-weight, originally of 30 minas. Much broken, both on the head and across the middle. On one side of the neck, a crescent moon in low relief, on other side, part of an inscription dedicating the object for the life of a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur: the name is now missing. R.1. No. 84.Woolley's description

Description (Modern)Object is not sealed.

Find Context (Catalog Card)Found in ruined buildings near S. corner ziggurat.

Material (Catalog Card)DioriteMaterial as described by Woolley

Tablet ID NumberP467958

Measurement (Catalog Card)220mm by 170mm by 148mm

Measurement (Diameter)220Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

Measurement (Height)170Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

Measurement (Width)148Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects