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Stone weight for weighing gold

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom to early New Kingdom
1971–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Uronarti, Fort Room 5

Medium/Technique Serpentine
Dimensions Height x length x width: 4.2 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.750
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DescriptionStone. Bears inscription "Gold, 6".
ProvenanceFrom Uronarti Island, Halfa Province. 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: January 1, 1924)