A grasshopper, hand-carved with Haematite between 1800 and 1700 BCE in ancient Babylonia!

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image showing A grasshopper, hand-carved with Haematite between 1800 and 1700 BCE in ancient Babylonia!

Spartan2470 on December 7th, 2021 at 13:43 UTC »

Here is the source of this image. Credit to the photographer, Miguel Catalan.

Babylonian Stone weight in the shape of Grasshopper, 18th-17th Century B.C.

Uploaded on April 26, 2016

RC_Watch on December 7th, 2021 at 13:44 UTC »

According to this Twitter post by the Mesopotamian Heritage Society this carving weighs 1 Mina, the unit of weight measurement used in the Babylonian Empire.

The Mina's weight would fluctuate over time but this piece weighs 480 grams or 1.05 pounds. It is currently in a private collection in Switzerland.

PlayedUOonBaja on December 7th, 2021 at 15:41 UTC »

About 186 generations ago.