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A set of Hematite weights from Ur, southern Iraq, 1900-1600 BCE. Hematite was consistently used in Mesopotamia for weights from the late 3rd milennium BC; it is a hard stone which wears well and it would be obvious if it had been tampered with. A system of weights and measures was adopted, so that payments to workers could be reckoned, and also in order to calculate the value of precious objects. ANE 117891, ANE 117.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART200606
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4000px × 2341px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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Hematite, Semi-precious stone
Mesopotamian
Scale, Weighing
Ur, Sumer
Weighing and Weights