Seventy deben weight
Object type: Weight, 70 deben, cube
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late
Date: ca. 1850–1640 B.C.
Medium: Rhyolite
Dimensions: h. 9 cm (3 9/16 in); w. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in); d. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in); weight 1 kg (2.1 lbs)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A2:3
Locus: Pit 497
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915
Tags: Hieroglyphs