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LOT 1010
Babylonian Wheat Weight Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 7/8 in. (113 grams total, 17-48 mm).
A mixed group of four stone wheat weights, comprising: one large, roughly biconical haematite example with one flat face; a pebble-shaped haematite weight with one flat face; a slender, haematite weight with flattened ends and one flat face; a smaller roughly biconical haematite example with one flattened face and flattened ends. [4]
Provenance
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
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