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Trilingual Standard of Darius the Great BC521-485

Made:
521-485 BCE in London
maker:
British Museum
Trilingual Standard of Darius the Great BC521-485

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Trilingual Standard of Darius the Great BC521-485
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Trilingual Standard of Darius the Great BC521-485. Set of a black stone weight with an inscription in three languages. (1) Old Persian, (2) late Elamite, (3) Babylonian. Actual weight 2,573 grains (troy). 166.725 grams. No.91117 in B.M.

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Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1933-83
type:
replica ancient babylonian weight
credit:
British Museum Trustees (Dept. of Egyptian & Assyrian Antiquities)

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