Weights and Measures

This category includes implements used for weighing out other objects or supplies.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
10141	(none)	1935,0113.745	(none)	Tablet ?? Flat piece of silver? Tablet?? Nothing legible
10576A	(none)	1928,1010.223	(none)	[A-D] Shell Roundels 4 With inlaid rosette patterns in red and blue (one only in outline with blue centre, the others with alternate red & blue petals). One has shell and shale rings attached.
10576B	(none)	(none)	B16701	[A-D] Shell Roundels 4 With inlaid rosette patterns in red and blue (one only in outline with blue centre, the others with alternate red & blue petals). One has shell and shale rings attached.
10576C	(none)	1928,1010.224	(none)	[A-D] Shell Roundels 4 With inlaid rosette patterns in red and blue (one only in outline with blue centre, the others with alternate red & blue petals). One has shell and shale rings attached.
10576D	(none)	(none)	B16702	[A-D] Shell Roundels 4 With inlaid rosette patterns in red and blue (one only in outline with blue centre, the others with alternate red & blue petals). One has shell and shale rings attached.
10842	(none)	(none)	B17102	Lapis lazuli big lumps, in the rough
1101	(none)	(none)	B15730	Duck weight. Black granite. Rough P.
11162F	(none)	(none)	(none)	(A) Gaming-board. Set in silver. Shell plaques engraved with lapis borders engraved with animal scenes, except for 2 in rosettes. Only part of it was found, giving in all: 13 plaques of which 6 were still in their setting and 7 loose: these have been reset, those in original order in the top 2 rows, the rest below, and one rosette piece omitted. Orig. W. 120mm(?); plaques 32 x 40mm; 35mm square. With this must go: (B) Gaming pieces, of white shell, square with engraved scenes, in all 9 and one half piece. (C) Gaming pieces, circular, of balck shale with 5 white dots, diam. 25mm, 3 in all. (D) one white disk with blue spot. (E) Small balls of lapis, 8 in all. (F) 23 small white balls (these are perhaps counters)? (G) 3 lapis dice, of usual solid triangle with inlay dots at 2 points. (H) 6 square men, black and white spots. (NB: Some of the gaming pieces B & C were found in Chamber B.) [I] [Not assigned] (J) [J, L-M] 3 slender rods, square in section, of ivory (?) with engraved patterns on one edge and concentric circles on the other. L. 65mm, W. 4mm (K) in the inside of the board (a box) was a complete set of men, 7 white and 7 black, the former with animal scenes, the latter with 5 white dots.
11167A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
11167E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Shell Roundels (5) with concentric circles & central hole. [drawing 1:1]
114	(none)	(none)	(none)	Haematite Weight (?). [drawing 1:1] Type III
11508	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight carnelian. Type VI. [drawing 1:1]
1176	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone weight. grey stone. [drawing 1:1]
11883A	(none)	1929,1017.458	(none)	[A-C] 3 Roundels, [A-B] 2 of shell, [C] 1 of shale, [D] and an oval-topped shell button inlaid with a rosette of red & blue petals. D. 220mm [E] Broken pin of type VI, but with head missing; possibly this is all one composite pin-head, or perhaps only the roundels are such, as they would give just the effect of a lapis ball set in gold or silver. [drawing]
11883B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Roundels, [A-B] 2 of shell, [C] 1 of shale, [D] and an oval-topped shell button inlaid with a rosette of red & blue petals. D. 220mm [E] Broken pin of type VI, but with head missing; possibly this is all one composite pin-head, or perhaps only the roundels are such, as they would give just the effect of a lapis ball set in gold or silver. [drawing]
11883C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 Roundels, [A-B] 2 of shell, [C] 1 of shale, [D] and an oval-topped shell button inlaid with a rosette of red & blue petals. D. 220mm [E] Broken pin of type VI, but with head missing; possibly this is all one composite pin-head, or perhaps only the roundels are such, as they would give just the effect of a lapis ball set in gold or silver. [drawing]
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.
11916A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale.
11916B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale.
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]
12082	(none)	(none)	(none)	Roundel. Mother of Pearl. Engraved 8-petalled rosette in type as the rosettes found on tips of silver combs of early royal graves. Centre (originally in lapis?) is missing.