Cubical weight
On display
Sets of graduated weights are typical Indus artefacts, found over a wide area.
Details
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Title
Cubical weight
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Associated place
Mohenjo-daro (place of creation) -
Date
2500 - 1900 BC -
Material and technique
chert
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
1.9 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1941.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EAMd.9
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Further reading
Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 12.3
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