Token

Beads

B16910

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16910
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG 789
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gold
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]

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928
Other Number U.10801c - Field No SF

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