Balance Pan Weights
This category includes all weights that are used on scale pans in the process of weighing.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15151B | 31-16-507 | (none) | (none) | [A-J] 10 weights. Hematite. Lentoid shaped. [A] 270 grains [B] 135 grains [C] 95 grains [D] 100 grains [E] 70 grains [F] 48 grains [G] 40 grains [H] 45 grains [I] 25 grains [J] 15 grains [later addition in pen=] (A) weight 6.11 ratio 2/3 s unit 9.16 (B) weight 4.225 ratio 1/2 s unit 8.45 | |
| 13723 | 31-16-505 | (none) | (none) | Weight of grey stone. Lentoid, with flattened base. [drawing 1:1] Type II | |
| (none) | 31-16-504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 15582 | 31-16-473 | (none) | (none) | Hematite (?) Lump. Found by the head of the body in a TO grave. | |
| 13059 | 30-12-524 | (none) | (none) | Hematite weight. Flat on one side, convex on the other. Type ? XIV. | |
| 15041 | 30-12-523 | (none) | (none) | Weight Diorite? (elongated date stone) inscribed: 1 shekel. Type III. | |
 | (none) | 30-12-522 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Haematite Weight (?). [drawing 1:1] Type III |
| 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 |
| 808 | (none) | (none) | B15325 | Basalt duck weight. Broken below the breast and badly cracked by fire. Inscribed on wing 30 true minas. Type VI | |
| 1101 | (none) | (none) | B15730 | Duck weight. Black granite. Rough P. | |
| 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] |
| 1504 | (none) | (none) | B15729 | Stone weight(?) grey-black stone. Flattened on underside. Incised marks (possibly Aramaic letters) Type I. 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. |
| 1507 | (none) | (none) | B15731 | Stone weight. Mottled black stone. Like U.1506 (more elongated). Type II. P. [Philadelphia] | |
| 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 |
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