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nydus/The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight StandardsPublic
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CHAPTER X. The Systems of Egypt, Babylon, and Palestine.

The Assyrio-Babylonian System.

Fig. 23. Lion weight.
Fig. 23. Lion weight.
Fig. 24. Assyrian half-shekel weight of the so-called Duck type [302] . A. Side view showing cuneiform symbol = ½. B. View from above.
Fig. 24. Assyrian half-shekel weight of the so-called Duck type [302] . A. Side view showing cuneiform symbol = ½. B. View from above.

Much has been written in the last thirty years concerning what is known as the Assyrio-Babylonian system: in fact so much has been written that it is difficult to find out the data amidst the masses of theory. What then

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