Scale weight

Museum number:
6-19467
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060019467
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
bronze ball, flattened, used as weight with scale; diameter 2.5 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coptos, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Keft; Purchased
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1899-1900
Materials:
Bronze (metal) and Metal
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Weights (scale components)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
length 26 millimeters and width 23 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scale weight, accession number 6-19467, described as bronze ball, flattened, used as weight with scale; diameter 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scale weight, accession number 6-19467, described as bronze ball, flattened, used as weight with scale; diameter 2.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scale weight, accession number 6-19467, described as bronze ball, flattened, used as weight with scale; diameter 2.5 cm

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