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)
16239T (none) 1931,1010.155 (none) Weight Long ovoid. Diorite, grey. 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.
16239W (none) 1931,1010.175 (none) Weight 0.64 grs. Steatite. Ovoid. Black. Type I.
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.
16239Y (none) 1931,1010.165 (none) Small duck weight 1.088 GRS. haematite, brown. [drawing] Type VI.
16239Z 31-43-92 (none) (none) Weight 0.896 GRS. lentoid, haematite, black. 6 little sheqels(?) (nominal weight 0.84 grs.) Type II.
16240 (none) (none) (none) Duck weight Grey diorite. To be weighed. [drawing]
16241 31-43-261 (none) (none) Weight. Ovoid. Diorite. Grey-Green. To Be Weighed. Type I
16242 31-43-256 (none) (none) Duck weight Limestone (chipped). grey To be weighed. [drawing] type VI
16246A (none) (none) (none) Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed.
16246B (none) (none) (none) Group: [C-D] 2 copper scale-pans; [A-B] 2 steatite weights (black), (A) long ovoid Type III. 2.75 grs = 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.) (B) lentoid Type III. 1.728 grs. =1/2 minette(?) (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.); [E] 1 copper chisel; Type [F] 1 copper ring; [G] 1 hollow gold bead, spherical, ribbed.
16247 (none) 1931,1010.183 (none) Inscribed Weight Ovoid Steatite Dark Grey Inscribed [Drawing of Cuneiform] (=IGI-II-GAL= one half) 1/2 a Half-Sheqel (Nominal Weight = 2.104 GRS) Type I
16248 (none) (none) (none) Weight 4.48 grs. Pyramidal. Black hematite. HALF-SHEQEL(?) (Nominal weight 4.208 grs). Type IV.
16249 (none) 1931,1010.185 (none) Duck weight 24.32 grs. Brownish-grey limestone. Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 grs.). Type VI. [A-B are subdivisions based on BMdb]
16249A (none) 1931,1010.113 (none) [A-B are subdivisions based on BMdb] Duck-Weight 24.32 Grs brownish-gray Limestone Weight 1670.48 ratio 3 unit 9.28 Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 GRS) Type VI
16249B (none) 1931,1010.111 (none) Duck-Weight 24.32 Grs brownish-gray Limestone Weight 1670.48 ratio 3 unit 9.28 Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 GRS) Type VI
16250 31-43-111 (none) (none) Duck weight 3.84 grs. Blackish-brown steatite. Probably half-sheqel (nominal weight 4.208grs.). Type VI.
16251 (none) (none) (none) Duck weight 1.92 grs. Brownish-black steatite. 1/4 sheqel (nominal weight 2.104). Type VI.
16252 (none) (none) (none) Duck weight greenish-black diorite(?) to be weighed. Type VI.
16253 31-43-266 (none) (none) Weight 16.64 grs. long ovoid, Grey-green. 2 sheqels (nominal weight 16.832 grs.) Type ?
16254 31-43-122 (none) (none) Weight 1.6 GRS. Flattened lentoid. Crystal. White 11 little sheqels (nominal weight 1.54 grs.). Type II
16268A 35-1-400 (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]
16268B (none) 1931,1010.116 (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]
16268C 35-1-403 (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]
16268D (none) 1931,1010.117 (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]

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