Token
Beads
Object Number: | B16910 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Provenience: | Iraq Ur |
Archaeology Area: | PG 789 |
Section: | Near Eastern |
Materials: | Gold |
Credit Line: | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928 |
Other Number: | U.10801c - Field No SF |
Description
Token - 1 Shekel; Beads are very squashed.
CBS Register: 12 pieces of strip red gold folded into small bundles. total weight of 11 pieces is 130 grms Troy = hematite weight of one shekel = exchange money
pluse 1 piece of strip pale gold. [it is not clear if the following belongs with this object in the register, or the object below: From one of the subordinate burials in the King's grave. PG 789]
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