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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Weight

Place ExcavatedJerusalem, Israel, Asia

Place ExcavatedJerusalem, Palestine, Asia

PeriodIron Age II

Date1000-586 BCE

MediumClay

Credit LineJerusalem Excavations, 1961-1968

Dimensions1 x 1 1/16 in. (2.5 x 2.7 cm)

Object number1967.353

Label TextDuring the seventh century BC, a system of marked and plain dome-shaped weights came into use in the Levant. The different sized weights were based on the shekel, averaging 11.4 grams, and were used for weighing payment in the form of silver ingots for trade transactions.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001

ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jerusalem.

Status

Not on view

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