One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights
- Made:
- circa 2000 BCE in Mesopotamia
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One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights, barrel-shaped, pointed at both ends, of black polished haematite, c.B.C. 2200. Larger, 264.62 grains wt. = 2 shekels of the Babylonian "stater" of 132.31 grains. This is a double shekel marked "1" at one end.
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1955-156/1
- Measurements:
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overall: x 36.83 x 12.7 mm
- credit:
- Sotheby and Compan
