Weight (Neo-Assyrian, 726-722 BCE, Copper alloy, British Museum 91230; Inscribed with Assyrian and Aramaic)

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Weight (Neo-Assyrian, 726-722 BCE, Copper alloy, British Museum 91230; Inscribed with Assyrian and Aramaic)

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Copper alloy lion-shaped measuring-weight; cast; inscribed in Assyrian and in Aramaic. A cross, perhaps intended to represent 'two-thirds', is engraved on the flank of the lion.

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“Weight (Neo-Assyrian, 726-722 BCE, Copper alloy, British Museum 91230; Inscribed with Assyrian and Aramaic),” HAA Image Hosting, accessed May 7, 2026, https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/1830.

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