
Babylonian "duck" weight
- Made:
- c. 2000 BCE in Babylonia

One of four Babylonian "Duck" weights, with head turned back, of black haematite c.B.C. 2000 ( 82. 28 grains = 2/3rds of a Babylonian "Daric" shekel of average wt.129.27 grains).
One of four Babylonian "Duck" weights, with head turned back, of black haematite c.B.C. 2000 ( 82. 28 grains = 2/3rds of a Babylonian "Daric" shekel of average wt.129.27 grains).