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CHAP. XII.—THE WEIGHTS.
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how far the variations we know of were not only-
contemporary, and in use in one town, but how
much they were mixed together, and used side
by side indifferently. Or, in other words,
what amount of error was treated as negligable
in ancient sets of weights. This is a question
hitherto entirely untouched and unknown. The
weights here referred to are all published in the
preceding list, and hence it is needless to repeat
their details; the list number, the true weight,
the multiple and the unit is all that is required.
The large find (numbered find 58) in the
camp contained the following weights ; and as
they are nearly all small, the balance errors
will probably be more shown by them than the
errors of standard (i.e. the absolute errors will
be larger than the proportional variations);
therefore the defections from a mean scale are
stated, the mean (excepting the one heavy
weight) being 144-5.
No. Weight. x. Unit. Error.
900 45-2 i 135-6 3-0
936 69-9 I 139-8 2-3
956 35-3 \ 141-2 "8
989 143-3 1 143-3 1-2
995 143-4 1 143-4 11
1014 48-2 1 144-6 0
1015 48-2 i 144-6 0
1039 145-8 1 145-8 1-3
1042 731 i 146-2 -9
1046 146-6 1 146-6 2-1
1057 1471 10 147-1
1086 24-8 ■} 148-8 -7
1102 74-7 I 149-4 2-5
1121 25-2 I 151-2 1-1
Mean 1-3
It follows, then, no matter whether these
weights were derived from different archetypes
or not, that a balance variation averaging 1-3
grain was tolerated. Probably all these were
derived from one archetype, since only the lesser
ones, and of those only one-third of the whole num-
ber, fall outside of the important family shown
in the curve by the rise from 143'5 to 146"5. If
these weights had been miscellaneously collected
together, their range of variation would have
covered the whole kat range more widely; as it
is, only a third of them fall outside one family,
and those may well be due to balance errors,
as their mean divergence is only If grains.
The one larger weight agrees also more nearly
to this family than to any other, since the
critical division between this and the next
family seems (at Naukratis at least) to lie at
147*3, looking to the marks representing the
weights (pi. 1.). With these were found
1170 15200 120 126-7
of the Assyrian shekel standard, and
1217 66-6 1 66-6
1226 134-6 2 67-3
of the Attic standard, showing a balance varia-
tion of much under a grain.
92. Of the weights found scattered in the
camp there are two of a lower family, five of
the same family as the above set, and three of
the next higher family. They are—
897 45-0 i 135-0
963 1420-4 10 142-0
1002 720 5 144
1017 14,460 100 144-6
1026 290-4 2 145-2
1034 728-8 5 145-7
1048 734-4 5 146-9
100S 73,830 500 147-7
1069 73,850 500 147-7
1074 148-0 1 148-0
Besides these were four of three other stan-
dards, 1176 7649 60 127-5
1246 126,120 600 210-2
1252 8606 40 215-1
1291 328-3 4 82-1
In the set of chambers at the N.E. and E. of
the Kasr were the following weights, the bronze
ones not being yet worked out.
Kats. Others.
Chamber 3 1103 299-0 2 149-5
1105 2994-5 20 149-7
1283 804-1 10 80-4
Deep in 2
Bronze
In 2 or 3
1070
739-0
5
147-8
1091
1487-8
10
148-8
1214
1325
20
66-2
1218
133-2
2
66-6
In 19 a
1019
289 8
2
144-9
1046
293-3
2
146-6
93
how far the variations we know of were not only-
contemporary, and in use in one town, but how
much they were mixed together, and used side
by side indifferently. Or, in other words,
what amount of error was treated as negligable
in ancient sets of weights. This is a question
hitherto entirely untouched and unknown. The
weights here referred to are all published in the
preceding list, and hence it is needless to repeat
their details; the list number, the true weight,
the multiple and the unit is all that is required.
The large find (numbered find 58) in the
camp contained the following weights ; and as
they are nearly all small, the balance errors
will probably be more shown by them than the
errors of standard (i.e. the absolute errors will
be larger than the proportional variations);
therefore the defections from a mean scale are
stated, the mean (excepting the one heavy
weight) being 144-5.
No. Weight. x. Unit. Error.
900 45-2 i 135-6 3-0
936 69-9 I 139-8 2-3
956 35-3 \ 141-2 "8
989 143-3 1 143-3 1-2
995 143-4 1 143-4 11
1014 48-2 1 144-6 0
1015 48-2 i 144-6 0
1039 145-8 1 145-8 1-3
1042 731 i 146-2 -9
1046 146-6 1 146-6 2-1
1057 1471 10 147-1
1086 24-8 ■} 148-8 -7
1102 74-7 I 149-4 2-5
1121 25-2 I 151-2 1-1
Mean 1-3
It follows, then, no matter whether these
weights were derived from different archetypes
or not, that a balance variation averaging 1-3
grain was tolerated. Probably all these were
derived from one archetype, since only the lesser
ones, and of those only one-third of the whole num-
ber, fall outside of the important family shown
in the curve by the rise from 143'5 to 146"5. If
these weights had been miscellaneously collected
together, their range of variation would have
covered the whole kat range more widely; as it
is, only a third of them fall outside one family,
and those may well be due to balance errors,
as their mean divergence is only If grains.
The one larger weight agrees also more nearly
to this family than to any other, since the
critical division between this and the next
family seems (at Naukratis at least) to lie at
147*3, looking to the marks representing the
weights (pi. 1.). With these were found
1170 15200 120 126-7
of the Assyrian shekel standard, and
1217 66-6 1 66-6
1226 134-6 2 67-3
of the Attic standard, showing a balance varia-
tion of much under a grain.
92. Of the weights found scattered in the
camp there are two of a lower family, five of
the same family as the above set, and three of
the next higher family. They are—
897 45-0 i 135-0
963 1420-4 10 142-0
1002 720 5 144
1017 14,460 100 144-6
1026 290-4 2 145-2
1034 728-8 5 145-7
1048 734-4 5 146-9
100S 73,830 500 147-7
1069 73,850 500 147-7
1074 148-0 1 148-0
Besides these were four of three other stan-
dards, 1176 7649 60 127-5
1246 126,120 600 210-2
1252 8606 40 215-1
1291 328-3 4 82-1
In the set of chambers at the N.E. and E. of
the Kasr were the following weights, the bronze
ones not being yet worked out.
Kats. Others.
Chamber 3 1103 299-0 2 149-5
1105 2994-5 20 149-7
1283 804-1 10 80-4
Deep in 2
Bronze
In 2 or 3
1070
739-0
5
147-8
1091
1487-8
10
148-8
1214
1325
20
66-2
1218
133-2
2
66-6
In 19 a
1019
289 8
2
144-9
1046
293-3
2
146-6