Description (Archival): Description Four-sided black stone weight. Dimensions Length: 1.19 inches Width: 0.25 inches2     
Material (Catalog Card): Stone     
U Number: 16429AA1     
Museum: British Museum      
Object Type: Weights and Measures >> Balance Pan Weights >> Other Weights      
Season Number: 09: 1930-1931      
Description (Modern): Polished black hematite(?) Section is rectangular, some tapering to ends that are roughly squared but narrow. Edges sharp. Slight flaws noted one side. Slightly less dense than some hematite.     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 128465     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1932,1008.60     
Measurement (Length): 31     
Measurement (Weight): 5.51     
Measurement (Width): 8     
Measurement (Height): 6.5     
Notes: There are weights in British Museum records that are associated with the field number U.16429 but for which no field cards exist. Perceived as duplicates, Woolley frequently gathered together similar objects (especially ones brought in by workers from outside Ur) under one number and it could well be that he assigned more weights to this field number than he recorded.     
[1] No catalog card exists for U.16429 beyond W. Those recorded here as AA and beyond are assigned to weights that have the field number in their British Museum records but have no sub-letter and do not match know sub-letter descriptions and measurements.
[2] British Museum database

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Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:171 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:171 (none)
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