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One side of this heavy weight is inscribed in Aramaic with "correct according to the stater of silver". This probably refers to the use of a weight standard based on the silver coins known as staters. This object weighs just over 31 kg, which broadly corresponds to a Babylonian talent of about 30 kg and the Greek equivalent of 29-30 kg. From Abydus, near Troy, Turkey. Achaemenid Period, Mid-6th to 4th centuries BCE. (The British Museum, London)
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