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Author Babylonian and Assyrian artisans

Date of creation 2000 BCE - 700 BCE

Mesopotamian Duck Weights

Balance weights carved in the form of a resting duck, its neck and head folded back along its body, typically cut from hematite or alabaster. Used across Babylonian and Assyrian commerce to standardize trade against the shekel, with strict penalties imposed on merchants caught using false weights.

Mesopotamian Duck Weights