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Français : Série de poids en hématite de forme cylindrique. Le poids du centre pèse une mine, soit environ 500 grammes, les autres sont des subdivisions, jusqu'à 3 sicles (25 grammes environ). Provenance : Uruk. Période paléo-babylonienne (v. 2000-1600 av. J.-C.). BM 117891-900. Réf. : F. Thureau-Dangin, "Poids en hématite conservés au Musée britannique", dans RA 24/2, 1927, p. 69-73.
English: Groupe of haematite weights, cylindrical. The biggest one in the centre weights 1 mina, c. 500 grms, the other are its subdivision, down to 3 shekeles (c. 25 grms). From Uruk, Old Babylonian period (c. 2000-1600 BC). BM 117891-900. Cf. : F. Thureau-Dangin, "Poids en hématite conservés au Musée britannique", in RA 24/2, 1927, p. 69-73.
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