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Lot of five weights. Egypt, circa 11th-9th centuries BC. Includes the following:
1) Basalt cupcake-shaped 1 Deben (43x28mm; 95.10g). Hendin, ASW 129.
2) Basalt dome-shaped 1 Deben (41x30mm; 90.70g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 129 (cupcake-shaped).
3) White chert dome-shaped 10 Shekels (41x28mm; 80.10g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 127 (for 20 Shekel weight of 161.4g).
4) Basalt cupcake-shaped 2 Qedet (25x19mm; 19.11g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 135.
5) Bronze cupcake-shaped 2 Qedet (17x13mm; 18.76g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 136.
Chip on base of no. 3, otherwise well-preserved.
From the Herbert B. Stearns Collection.
From the 18th Dynasty on, a weight system based on the qedet, weighing approximately 9.1-9.4g [10 qedet = 1 deben]), had become well-established in Egypt, although active international trade necessitated the use of numerous other weight systems alongside the qedet standard. Such Egyptian scale weights are typically cupcake-shaped or ellipsoid with flat bases, and are found throughout the ancient Near East and in various materials. For further discussion, see David Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights (New York, 2007), pp. 78-79 and 158.
1) Basalt cupcake-shaped 1 Deben (43x28mm; 95.10g). Hendin, ASW 129.
2) Basalt dome-shaped 1 Deben (41x30mm; 90.70g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 129 (cupcake-shaped).
3) White chert dome-shaped 10 Shekels (41x28mm; 80.10g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 127 (for 20 Shekel weight of 161.4g).
4) Basalt cupcake-shaped 2 Qedet (25x19mm; 19.11g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 135.
5) Bronze cupcake-shaped 2 Qedet (17x13mm; 18.76g). Cf. Hendin, ASW 136.
Chip on base of no. 3, otherwise well-preserved.
From the Herbert B. Stearns Collection.
From the 18th Dynasty on, a weight system based on the qedet, weighing approximately 9.1-9.4g [10 qedet = 1 deben]), had become well-established in Egypt, although active international trade necessitated the use of numerous other weight systems alongside the qedet standard. Such Egyptian scale weights are typically cupcake-shaped or ellipsoid with flat bases, and are found throughout the ancient Near East and in various materials. For further discussion, see David Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights (New York, 2007), pp. 78-79 and 158.