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Material marble?
Location Philadelphia
Weight (g) 59.2
Length (cm) 6.0
Width (cm) 2.7
Weight Type sphendonoid
Detail end pierced
Units (inferred) 7.0
Unit Weight (inferred) 8.46
Condition deep chips at ends, large shallow chip at hole
New Description light red stone well polished but in breaks can see granular content and white inclusions. Red granite? pierced low on one end, 5mm hole, some damage especially at ends and at hole, one scratch mark looks intentional. Round ends, no flattening.
Comments found in temple court with 8747, 8748 and vase fragments
Photo B8745.JPG
Not weight? True
Inscribed? False
Broken? False
Weighed by Hafford
Precision? True
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Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
marble info
Vocabulary: British Museum Thesaurus
Open Context References: marble hub
Suggested Citation

William B. Hafford. (2013) "Cat # B8745 from Asia/Iraq/Nippur/Area temple court". In Balance Pan Weights from Nippur. William B. Hafford (Ed). Released: 2013-10-24. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/978d483a-64b2-454e-aa9f-8993daba6b1f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ns0mx7c

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