Balance Pan
Copper
Nippur
9.2 cm diam.
A28807
Oriental Institute Museum
Balance Pan
This circular balance pan was made of copper. It formed part of a scale used to determine the weight of certain objects.
Collected by
Nippur Expedition
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1948
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Suggested Readings
Hodges, Henry. Technology in the Ancient World. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1992.
Moss, Carol. Science in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989.
Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.