Flat Weight
Small weights like this one were used with a scale for weighing light, valuable objects like coins and jewelry. To fight widespread corruption, bronze weights were controlled by the government, with the value engraved directly onto the square.
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33103
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
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Maurice Nahman, Cairo, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.56_Fnt_BW_5919.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.56_Fnt_BW_5919.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.56_Fnt_BW_5919.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.56 |
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