Babylonian "duck" weight
- Made:
- circa 2000 BCE in Babylonia
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Babylonian "Duck" weight, with head turned back in sleeping position, c.B.C. 2000, of light coloured agate, 127.6 grains weight = 1 Babylonian "Daric" shekel
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1955-157
- Measurements:
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overall: mm
- credit:
- Sotheby and Compan
