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LOT 0181

Western Asiatic Limestone Shekel Weight Collection

IRON AGE III, 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (96 grams total, 15-34 mm).

A number bearing incised inscriptions; the set graduated in size, each weight with a domed profile; one with two old collection stickers to base. [6]

Provenance

Property of a North London gentleman.

Literature

See Hendin, D., Ancient Scale Weights, pp.80-86, and 173-182, for discussion of Judean limestone weights.

Footnotes

Judean scale weights were primarily used to weigh amounts of silver, often in the form of hack silver. Modern scholarship has deduced that Judean weights were base on a standard of 11.4 grams to the shekel.

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LOT 0181

Western Asiatic Limestone Shekel Weight Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £975

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