Height:3.8cm(1.50in), Width:4.7cm(1.85in), Weight:250g(0.551lb)This is a bronze weight, the counterpoise for ancient weighing scales. It has a bulbous rounded body with an arched lifting loop on top. Its surface is fully inscribed with the imperial edict issued by the First Emperor of Qin to unify weights and measures. The artefact is covered in weathered green?blue patina. As tangible physical evidence of Qin?dynasty metrological unification, its legible Qin?seal script inscriptions carry great historical and epigraphic significance.

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