This category includes all weights that are used on scale pans in the process of weighing. 

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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)
16421C (none) (none) (none) Weight Mottled granite. Ovoid. Single stroke incised on one side. To be weighedType I.
6739 (none) (none) (none) Weight of 20 manehs (8.08 kil) ? Material Its weigh, 20 ma-na, property (? Sa-al) of Tutu, son of Sa-ma-an-ni. Type V. H.C. B [drawing]
13723 31-16-505 (none) (none) Weight of grey stone. Lentoid, with flattened base. [drawing 1:1] Type II
16416 (none) (none) (none) Weight Ovoid, yellow limestone(?). To be weighed. Type I.
17244 (none) (none) (none) Weight [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16413 (none) (none) (none) Weight, 8.128 grs. grey steatite. Lentoid. 1 sheqel (nominal weight 8.416). Type II.
16229W (none) 1931,1010.172 (none) Weight. 0.80 GRS Conical Steatite Black 6 "Little Sheqels" (Nominal weight 0.84 GRS) Type IV.
16229V (none) 1931,1010.169 (none) Weight. 0.86 GRS Cylindrical Haematite Black 6 "Little Sheqels" (Nominal weight .84 GRS) Type III
17672 32-40-126 (none) (none) Weight. Haemitite. Type ? II. [drawing 1:1]
16429T (none) 1931,1010.160 (none) Weight. Bugle [crossed out] Cylindrical. Haematite. Red-Brown. Weight = 1.28 Grs = 1/2 Minette (nominally = 1.4025) Type III
16429S (none) 1931,1010.163 (none) Weight. Haematite. Bugle [crossed out] cylindrical. Weight= 0.64 prob=5 "little sheqels" (nominally=0.70) Type III
7508 (none) (none) B17101 Weight. Lentoid. Granite. Seven incised marks on the surface IIII III Type II
16429N (none) 1931,1010.179 (none) Weight. Lentoid. Marble. Black with white vein. Weight 8.22 Grs =1 Sheqel (nominally = 8.416). Type II
16241 31-43-261 (none) (none) Weight. Ovoid. Diorite. Grey-Green. To Be Weighed. Type I
16429V (none) 1931,1010.184 (none) Weight. Steatite. Blackish-gray. Bugle [crossed out] cylindrical. Weight=0.576 grs = 4 "little sheqels" (nominally=0.560) Type III
2519 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Basalt. Inscribed. [inscription] : igi 6 gal = 1/6. Type I
16422J (none) (none) (none) Weight. Basic diorite (?). Dark grey. Thus: [drawing] Weight: 7.764 Grs Type ? IV
6514A (none) (none) (none) Weight. Black hematite. Cylinder shaped. Type III.
6455 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Black hematite. Type III. [drawing 1:1]
6146 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Black hematite. Type?
6103 (none) 1927,0527.52 (none) Weight. Black hematite. Wedge shaped. E. Fragmentary. Type V.
16429K 31-43-94 (none) (none) Weight. bugle [crossed out] cylindrical. haematite. red-brown. Weight 0.296 grs. 2 little sheqels (nominally 0.280). Type III.
17722 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Diorite. 2 shallow circular incisions. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
17775 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Diorite. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
17671 (none) (none) (none) Weight. Green steatite. Marked with a series of scratches. Type II [drawing 1:1]

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