Duck Weight
B19920
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B19920 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Date Made | ca. 2000-1595 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Pyroxonite |
| Iconography | Duck |
| Description | CBS Register: Weight in the shape of a duck with neck turned backward. Uncertain (weight 4970.0 grams. Smith chem.) Norite is crossed out for Pyroxonite, A.P. Brown. -recent study has posited that this is Gabbro [a basalt] |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Ida Hilprecht; Babylonian Expedition to Nippur IV, 1900 |
| Other Number | P270422 - CDLI Number |
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