Weights and Measures
This category includes implements used for weighing out other objects or supplies.
This category includes implements used for weighing out other objects or supplies.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 28 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bob. of fine greyish-white limestone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Haematite Weight (?). [drawing 1:1] Type III |
| 158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Iron ingot (?). Barrel-shaped with flattened ends: much oxidized. |
| 163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Carnelian. Type VI |
| 236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Black, in dolerite (?). Type VI. |
| 240 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone duck weight. Type VI. |
| 514 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone duck weight. Black schist(?) Fragmentary. The head carved with more detail than is usual. Type VI |
| 515 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Haematite weight. [Below] Very thin and long. Inscribed III. Inscribed III Type III |
| 823A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-E] Five Roundels green stone. Flat below and domed above possibly lids for vases? |
| 823B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-E] Five Roundels Green stone. Flat below and domed above possibly lids for vases? |
| 823C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-E] Five Roundels Green stone. Flat below and domed above possibly lids for vases? |
| 823D | (none) | 1923,1110.67 | (none) | [A-E] Five Roundels Green stone. Flat below and domed above possibly lids for vases? |
| 1176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone weight. grey stone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1190 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 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. |
| 1201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone duck weight. Light red stone, (small) with scorpion engraved on under side. Type VI. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1202 | (none) | 1924,0920.52 | (none) | Haematite boar's head. (small : side broken away.) [drawing 1:1] |
| 1502 | (none) | 1924,0920.184 | (none) | Stone plumb bob. Black stone, polished : with hole at end and 2 at side, and remains of copper wire within. P. [drawing] |
| 1505 | (none) | 1924,0920.182 | (none) | Weight (?) Black stone. Blunt-end cigar-shaped. Type II. [drawing 2:5] |
| 1506 | (none) | 1924,0920.183 | (none) | Stone weight (?) Mottled mauve-black stone. Like U.1505 (smaller) Type II. |
| 1508 | (none) | 1924,0920.185 | (none) | Weight (?) Black stone, with groove cut round the middle. Like U.1507, more elongated. Type III. |
| 1547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Duck Weight. White limestone. (Weathered0 Type VI |
| 1548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Weight (?) of white stone or marble; elongated oval in shape; pierced horizontally through greatest breadth. Type II |
| 1550 | (none) | 1924,0920.205 | (none) | Roughly fashioned human hand, with fingers. Dark grey stone. [drawing 2:5] |
| 1709 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Hard, light, black stone. Type VI. |
| 1710 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Weight. Black stone. Cigar-shaped with 3 strokes incised. Type II. |
Related Terms
Modern Reproductions - Animal Equipment - Architectural Elements - Armor and Weaponry - Dress and Personal Ornaments - Figural Objects - Furniture - Games and Music - Not Assigned - Personal Grooming - Samples - Seals, Stamps, and Sealings - Tools and Equipment - Vessels/Containers - Miniatures/Models - Unknown - Writing and Record Keeping
Child Terms
Balance Arms - Balance Pan Weights - Counters - Ingots - Scale Pans - Suspension Weights
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