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LicenseNebuchadrezzar-Shulgi Standard Weight
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Nebuchadrezzar-Shulgi Standard Weight. Cast of a black stone weight. Inscription states that it was an exact copy made by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, 604-561BC., of a standard weight of Shulyi, King of Ur, about 2250 BC. 978.457 grams. Actual weight 15,100 grains ( troy) No.91005 in B.M.
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1933-82
- credit:
- British Museum Trustees (Dept. of Egyptian & Assyrian Antiquities)
