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Balance Weight with Christ Blessing Two Eparchs or Emperors, Moulded glass, Byzantine — Balance Weight with Christ Blessing Two Eparchs or Emperors
Byzantine
4th–5th century

Improvement in Weights and Measures; or, Sir John Seeclear Discovering Ye Ballance of Ye British Flag, James Gillray British, Hand-colored etching — Improvement in Weights and Measures; or, Sir John Seeclear Discovering Ye Ballance of Ye British Flag
Multiple artists/makers
December 1, 1798

Torricellian barometer, Walnut, with floral marquetry, veneered on oak; brass; glass; mercury, British, probably London — Torricellian barometer
British, probably London
ca. 1700–1710

Steelyard Rod with Weight and Hooks, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Steelyard Rod with Weight and Hooks
Byzantine
5th–7th century

Three Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Three Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses
Byzantine
8th–9th century

Three Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Three Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weights with Crosses
Byzantine
8th–9th century

Bronze steelyard and weights, Bronze, Roman — Bronze steelyard and weights
Roman
4th–6th century CE

Glass weight, Glass, Roman — Glass weight
Roman
6th–early 7th century CE

Weight in shape of frog, Diorite or andesite, Babylonian — Weight in shape of frog
Babylonian
ca. 2000–1600 BCE

Loom weight, Mud, string — Loom weight
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Loom weight, Mud, string — Loom weight
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Three Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Cross, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Three Round Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Cross
Byzantine
8th–9th century

Scales and weights, Brass, steel, oak, British — Scales and weights
British
probably 18th century

Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Cross in a Circular Border, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Cross in a Circular Border
Byzantine
5th–6th century

Wrestler's Weight with Hercules and the Nemean Lion; Wrestling Scene (reverse), Schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Wrestler's Weight with Hercules and the Nemean Lion; Wrestling Scene (reverse)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 1st century

Weight, Soapstone — Weight
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Weight: 23 1/4 debens, with cartouche of Senwosret, Red quartzite — Weight: 23 1/4 debens, with cartouche of Senwosret
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Weight, Stone — Weight
304 B.C.–A.D. 364

Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Figures in an Architectural Setting, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Figures in an Architectural Setting
Byzantine
5th–6th century

Balance Weight with a Cross and an Architectural Setting, Copper alloy, silver inlay, Byzantine — Balance Weight with a Cross and an Architectural Setting
Byzantine
5th–7th century

Geometric gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples — Geometric gold weight
Akan artist
18th–19th century

Geometric gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples — Geometric gold weight
Akan artist
18th–19th century

Geometric gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples — Geometric gold weight
Akan artist
16th–17th century

Geometric gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples — Geometric gold weight
Akan artist
16th–17th century

Stool gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples — Stool gold weight
Akan artist
18th–19th century

Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with a Cross in a Wreath, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with a Cross in a Wreath
Byzantine
5th–6th century

Fish net (with weights)

ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Glass weight, Glass, Roman (?) — Glass weight
Roman (?)
1st century CE or later

Terracotta loom weight, Terracotta, Greek, Corinthian — Terracotta loom weight
Greek, Corinthian
ca. 575–525 BCE

Weight of 5? debens, Serpentinite? — Weight of 5? debens
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.

Inscribed 50 Deben Weight, Diorite — Inscribed 50 Deben Weight
ca. 1070–525 B.C.

Weight of 2 Kedets, Hematite — Weight of 2 Kedets
ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Seventy deben weight, Rhyolite — Seventy deben weight
ca. 1850–1640 B.C.

Set of weights, Andreas Ziegengeist, Brass, blackened, probably German, Nuremberg — Set of weights
Andreas Ziegengeist
late 17th–early 18th century

Grasshopper gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples — Grasshopper gold weight
Akan artist
19th–mid-20th century

Shells gold weight, Akan artist, Brass, Akan peoples — Shells gold weight
Akan artist
19th–mid-20th century

Balance Weight with Two Emperors Hunting a Snake, Copper alloy, Byzantine — Balance Weight with Two Emperors Hunting a Snake
Byzantine
4th–5th century

Terracotta loom weight, Terracotta, Greek, Cretan — Terracotta loom weight
Greek, Cretan
6th century or later

Terracotta loom weight, Terracotta, East Greek/Sardis, Lydian — Terracotta loom weight
East Greek/Sardis, Lydian

Terracotta loom weight, Terracotta, Lydian — Terracotta loom weight
Lydian
6th century BCE or later