Babylonian "duck" weight
- Made:
- c. 2000 BCE in Babylonia
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LicenseOne of four Babylonian Duck' weights, with head turned back, of black haematite c.B.C. 2000 (88.785 grains = 2/3rds. of
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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).
