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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.1.117
Title
Stone Weight
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
weight
Date
2nd-mid 1st Millennium BCE
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/178625

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
4.28 x 3.09 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1959-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.1.117
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Spherical black stone (basalt or hematite?) weight, flattened on both sides. One side bears a value mark of three small circles in a triangular arrangement. There is a scratch on one side.
Commentary
The weight would have been used to balance a scale, and the triangular dots indicate the mass of the weight.

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