Stone Weight with Name of Darius
Description
Stone weight with the name of Darius the Great (r. ca. 522-486 BC).
Weights like these would have been used to standardize measurements.
Date: Late 6th-early 5th century BC
Place Found: Hilla, Iraq
Current Location: British Museum
Weights like these would have been used to standardize measurements.
Date: Late 6th-early 5th century BC
Place Found: Hilla, Iraq
Current Location: British Museum