Cubical weight
On display
Sets of graduated weights are typical Indus artefacts, found over a wide area.
Details
-
Title
Cubical weight
-
Associated place
Mohenjo-daro (place of creation) -
Date
2500 - 1900 BC -
Material and technique
chert
-
Material index
-
Technique index
-
Object type
-
Dimensions
3 x 3 x 2.3 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
-
Credit line
Purchased, 1941.
-
Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
-
Accession no.
EAMd.8
Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more
Know more about this object? Spotted an error? Contact us
Further reading
Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 12.2
Reference URL
?
