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Bronze Age, Mesopotamia — Weight in the shape of a duck — 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C

Name: Bronze Age, Mesopotamia — Weight in the shape of a duck — 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C
Brand: Antikarts
SKU: YA-12563
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Bronze Age, Mesopotamia, 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C, Stone, 19 mm x 26 mm Condition: Good condition. Documented provenance. Antikarts dossier with presentation, characteristics and traceability.

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Item: Weight in the shape of a duck.

Culture: Bronze Age, Mesopotamia.

Dating: 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C.

Material: Stone.

Dimensions: 19 mm x 26 mm.

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Record prepared for Antikarts from the photographs and technical information provided by the source.

Attributions and measurements are retained as cataloguing markers, without over-interpretation.

This entry is preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference (no price displayed).

Characteristics

Item: Weight in the shape of a duck

Material: Stone

Culture: Bronze Age, Mesopotamia

Period: 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C

Dimensions: 19 mm x 26 mm

Condition: Good condition

Historical context

During the Bronze Age, expanding networks and new techniques reshaped societies. Ceramics, ornaments and tools document practices, exchange routes and regional identities.

Attribution: Bronze Age, Mesopotamia. Dating indicated: 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C.

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Preserved as a comparison anchor within the Antikarts corpus.

Primary value lies in typology, stated dating and the associated traceability trail.

Traceability & guarantees

Provenance (summary): Ex Belgian private collection, acquired in the 1990s.

Record preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference.

Archived source: https://www.yourantiquarian.com/product/bronze-age-weight-in-the-shape-of-a-duck/.

Reference YA-12563

Period: Bronze Age, Mesopotamia
Date: 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C
Diameter: 19 mm x 26 mm
Other References: YA-12563
Condition: Good condition
Provenance: Ex Belgian private collection, acquired in the 1990s These weights, often crafted from stone, copper, or clay, were used to measure the value of commodities in trade, especially in the bustling cities of Mesopotamia, like Babylon and Ur. The shape of a du

Bronze Age, Mesopotamia — Weight in the shape of a duck — 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C