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Title: Weight in the shape of a duck
Date: ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia
Medium: Stone, black
Dimensions: 4 in. × 8 1/16 in. × 3 15/16 in. (10.2 × 20.4 × 10 cm) Wt. 2470.1 grams
Credit Line: Gift of Louise Crane, in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1980
Object Number: 1980.324.2
“Exhibition of Six Thousand Years of Persian Art,” The American Institute of Iranian Art and Archaeology, New York, April 24–July 1, 1940.
“Ancient Art from New York Private Collections.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 17, 1959–February 28, 1960.
“The Beauty of the Beasts.” Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, November 15, 1992–May 30, 1993.
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