Balance Pan Weights

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

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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)
16932A	31-43-93	(none)	(none)	Weight Blackish-brown steatite(?) Spindle-shaped. Weight 0.576 grs. 4 little sheqels (nominally 0.560) Type ?
16239Z	31-43-92	(none)	(none)	Weight 0.896 GRS. lentoid, haematite, black. 6 little sheqels(?) (nominal weight 0.84 grs.) Type II.
16239B	31-43-91	(none)	(none)	Weight 1.08 GRS. Ovoid. Steatite. Red-Brown 1/2 minette? (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.). Type I
16349	31-43-269	(none)	(none)	Whetstone(?) Grey pebble-very roughly shaped. Flat on one side only. [drawing]
16253	31-43-266	(none)	(none)	Weight 16.64 grs. long ovoid, Grey-green. 2 sheqels (nominal weight 16.832 grs.) Type ?
16268F	31-43-265	(none)	(none)	[A-F] Set of weights: steatite, fire-blackened. To be weighed. [A] (1) Ovoid; [B] (2) long ovoid, broken and repaired; [C] (3) lentoid, broken and repaired; [D] (4) lentoid; [E] (5) narrow lentoid; [F] (6) fragment, 3 inscribed strokes on side. [drawing]
16414	31-43-264	(none)	(none)	Weight or Pounder (?) Steatite. Dark Gray. Lentoid with one rough end. Thus: [Drawing] To be weighed. Type II
16239V	31-43-263	(none)	(none)	Weight. Ovoid. Diorite(?), pale grey. Inscribed. + (= MAS = one-half) Half a Mina(?) To be weighed. Type II.
16421D	31-43-262	(none)	(none)	Weight. ovoid. basic diorite(?) grey. To be weighed. Type I.
16241	31-43-261	(none)	(none)	Weight. Ovoid. Diorite. Grey-Green. To Be Weighed. Type I
16229K	31-43-259	(none)	(none)	Weight 40.32 GRS. Steatite. Grey-Green. Pyramidal with round top. Perhaps 5 sheqels (nominal weight 42.08 grs.) Type IV.
16415	31-43-257	(none)	(none)	Duck weight Breccia. Mottled mauve and white. To be weighed. Type VI.
16242	31-43-256	(none)	(none)	Duck weight Limestone (chipped). grey To be weighed. [drawing] type VI
16419	31-43-255	(none)	(none)	Duck weight limestone, yellow-grey Head defaced. To be weighed. Type VI.
16280D	31-43-126	(none)	(none)	A set, found together, with a copper weight (?) all decayed. (A) Duck weight, hematite. weight 2.24 grs. =16 "little sheqels" (exactly) Type VI. (B) Duck weight, hematite. weight 1.152 grs.=8 little sheqels (nominal weight 1.12 grs.) Type VI (C) Pink limestone, [Drawing 1:1] In section thus, weight 3.968 grs. perh= 1/2 sheqel (4.208 grs.) Type ? (D) Shell, similar shape to last but less regular, weight 1.792 grs. (Nominal weight 1.68 grs.) Type ?
16280C	31-43-125	(none)	(none)	A set, found together, with a copper weight (?) all decayed. (A) Duck weight, hematite. weight 2.24 grs. =16 "little sheqels" (exactly) Type VI. (B) Duck weight, hematite. weight 1.152 grs.=8 little sheqels (nominal weight 1.12 grs.) Type VI (C) Pink limestone, [Drawing 1:1] In section thus, weight 3.968 grs. perh= 1/2 sheqel (4.208 grs.) Type ? (D) Shell, similar shape to last but less regular, weight 1.792 grs. (Nominal weight 1.68 grs.) Type ?
16229Q	31-43-124	(none)	(none)	Weight 4.48 GRS. diorite(?). Grey. [drawing] 1/2 sheqel (nominal weight 4.208 grs.) Type XV.
16229B	31-43-123	(none)	(none)	Weight 16.6 GRS. Pebble. Black. Slightly chipped. 2 sheqels. (Nominal weight 16.832 grs.). [drawing] Type V
16254	31-43-122	(none)	(none)	Weight 1.6 GRS. Flattened lentoid. Crystal. White 11 little sheqels (nominal weight 1.54 grs.). Type II
16239X	31-43-121	(none)	(none)	Weight 0.832 GRS. Ovoid, with incised design on one side. Diorite, black. [drawing] 6 Little Sheqels (nominal weight 0.84 GRS.) Type I.
16239R	31-43-120	(none)	(none)	Weight 2.24 GRS. Steatite, lentoid. black. Type II.
16239O	31-43-119	(none)	(none)	Weight 1.92 GRS. Long ovoid. Steatite. grey-green. 13 Little sheqels (nominal weight 1.82 grs.) cf. 16239N. Type III.
16239Q	31-43-118	(none)	(none)	Weight 2.112 grs. Long ovoid. Steatite, grey. Type III.
16239G	31-43-117	(none)	(none)	Bar-weight 2.88 grs. Diorite. Green. [Drawing] 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) Type ? III
16429R	31-43-116	(none)	(none)	Weight Dark grey diorite. Ovoid. Weight 18.56 grs. Identification dubious. Type I.