Babylonian "duck" weight
- Made:
- circa 2000 BCE in Babylonia
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One of four Babylonian "Duck" weights, with head turned back, of black haematite c.B.C. 2000 (88.785 grains = 2/3rds. of a Babylonian "Daric" shekel of average wt. 129.27 grians).
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1955-158/1
- Measurements:
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overall: mm
- credit:
- Sotheby and Compan
