Rectangular stone weight with pictograms

Made:
900-500 BCE
Rectangular stone weight with pictograms

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Rectangular stone weight with pictograms, pair of mammiform protuberances on top joined by loop handle, reputedly Phoenician

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A79473
Materials:
limestone
Measurements:
length 207 mm
width 83 mm
height 142 mm
type:
weight
credit:
Sarrafian Brothers