19496http://www165.123.244.137/subject/19496/MuseumBritish MuseumObject TypeOther WeightsSeason Number10: 1931-1932TechniqueInscribedMaterialSteatiteU Number18110Description (Catalog Card)Stone weight. Greenish steatite. Inscribed at one end [drawing of cuneiform characters]. Type XIX. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Highly polished green stone with darker specks. Related to gabbro with olivine/chlorite component? Harder than steatite/serpentine or chlorite. Body high polish, ends very flat but not polished. Light scratches across body, most apparent at unpolished ends. Shape bulges in the middle and is rather barrel-like. Inscribed on one end with two deeply cut signs and several light signs in different hands. Practice ostracon?Find Context (Catalog Card)High in Persian level of the houses in the NE side of NNCF.Material (Catalog Card)SteatiteMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)123140Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1932,1008.82Measurement (Catalog Card)l. 0092 diam 004 ends 003Measurement (Weight)313.0Measurement (X)92Measurement (Y)43