Facsimile of volume of detailed catalogs prepared by Flinders Petrie of ancient weights and measures based on examination of over 4000 Egyptian weights within his collections.

Eight standards have been identified and are described. The text discusses forms, multiples and fractions of standard weights, materials, and evidence for the adoption of different standards. A much smaller collection of steelyards, measures of capacity, lineal measures, and balances is also described and illustrated.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Amount of material
  • 2. Union with previous publication
  • 3. Means of classification
  • 4. Position of previous writers
  • 5. Marks upon weights
  • 6. Generic names not specific
  • 7. Stone weights treated alone
  • 8. Mode of weighing
  • 9. Stages of study
• CHAPTER I THE FORMS OF WEIGHTS
  • 10. Cylinder and cone
  • 11. Square
  • 12. Cuboid
  • 13. Domed
  • 14. Barrel and Duck
  • 15. Animal
  • 16. Summary
• CHAPTER II MULTIPLES AND FRACTIONS
  • 17. Usual multiples
  • 18. Classifying fractions
• CHAPTER III THE PEYEM
  • 19. System of the Catalogue
  • 20. Description of sources
  • 21. Delimitation
  • 22. History
  • 23. Notes on the weights
• CHAPTER IV THE DARIC OR “BABYLONIAN”
  • 24. Description of sources
  • 25. Delimitation
  • 26. History
  • 27. Notes on the weights
• CHAPTER V THE STATER OR “ATTIC”
  • 28. Description
  • 29. Delimitation
  • 30. History
• CHAPTER VI THE OEDET OR “EGYPTIAN ”
  • 31. Description
  • 32. History
  • 33. Notes on the weights
• CHAPTER VII THE NECEF
  • 34. Description
  • 35. Delimitation
  • 36. History
  • 37. Notes on the weights
• CHAPTER VIII THE KHOIRĪNĒ OR “PERSIAN”
  • 38. The kho weights
  • 39. The cowry weights
  • 40. Delimitation and History
  • 41. Notes on the weights
• CHAPTER IX THE BEQA OR “AEGINETAN ”
  • 42. Description
  • 43. Delimitation
  • 44. History
  • 45. Notes
• CHAPTER X THE SELA OR “PHOENICIAN”
  • 46. Description
  • 47. Delimitation
  • 48. History
  • 49. Notes
  • 50. Summary of primitive standards
• CHAPTER XI THE WEIGHTS OF GEZER
  • 51. Standards in different periods
• CHAPTER XII THE METAL WEIGHTS
  • 52. Apart from stone weights
  • 53. Study of metal weights
  • 54. Changes of metal weights
  • 55. Peyem
  • 56. Daric
  • 57. Stater
  • 58. Qedet
  • 59. Necef
  • 60. Khoirēnē
  • 61. Beqa
  • 62. Sela
  • 63. Ungia
  • 64. Sets of weights
  • 65. Small metal weights
• CHAPTER XIII THE INDO-CHINESE-ETRUSCAN SYSTEM
  • 66. Indian seed weights
  • 67. Chinese weights
  • 68. Etruscan weights
  • 69. Possible connection
• CHAPTER XIV THE STEELYARDS
  • 70. Origin and form
  • 71. Divisions
  • 72. Method of recovery of unit
  • 73. Example of recovery
  • 74. Units recovered
  • 75. Description of steelyards
  • 76. Arabic steelyards
• CHAPTER XV MEASURES OF CAPACITY
  • 77. Nature of capacity measures
  • 78. Treatment of the subject
  • 79. The Syrian measure
  • 80. The Egyptian hen
  • 81. The Syrian log
  • 82. The Attic kotyle
  • 83. The Persian kapetis
  • 84. Catalogue of capacity measures
  • 85. Notes of condition of measures
  • 86. Measures for gold dust
• CHAPTER XVI LINEAL MEASURES
  • 87. Wooden cubits of 20·6 inches
  • 88. Cubit of Tutonkhamen
  • 89. Cubit of 21·4
  • 90. Cubit of 26·4
  • 91. Stone standard of 26 ·4
  • 92. Pieces of stone cubits
  • 93. Various standards marked on cubits
  • 94. Connection of lineal and capacity measures
• CHAPTER XVII THE BALANCES
  • 95. Prehistoric
  • 96. Roman
  • 97. Later
• CHAPTER XVIII OTHER COLLECTIONS OF WEIGHTS
  • 98. Naukratis, Defenneh and Cairo
  • 99. Gezer and Troy
  • 100. British Museum
• CHAPTER XIX THE DIALS AND DRAWINGS
  • 101. Egyptian altitude dials
  • 102. Greek azimuth dials
  • 103. Drawings on squared papyrus
• APPENDICES
  • Western standards
  • Notes from Italian museums
  • The cowry as a weight