Title: Seventy deben weight
Object type: Weight, 70 deben, cube
Date: ca. 1850–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late
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)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North cemetery south of pyramid below House A2:3 Pit 497 MMA excavations, 1913–14 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs