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Lion weight

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Lion weight

One side of this heavy weight is inscribed in Aramaic with 'correct according to the stater of silver'. This possibly refers to the use of a weight standard based on silver coins known as staters. This object now weighs just over 31 kg, which broadly corresponds to a Babylonian talent (about 30 kg) and the Greek equivalent of 29-30 kg.

Mid 6th - 4th century B.C., Abydus near Troy, Turkey

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Lion weight
Taken on  Sunday 16th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Source:  London, United Kingdom
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