Assyrian lion weights
The Assyrian lion weights are a group of bronze statues of lions, discovered in archaeological excavations in or adjacent to ancient Assyria.
| Assyrian lion weights | |
|---|---|
Three of the lion weights in the British Museum. The table below lists all the known lion and duck weights from Nimrud as of the late 19th century. | |
| Material | Bronze |
| Writing | Phoenician language and cuneiform |
| Created | c. 800–700 BC |
| Discovered | 1845–51 |
| Present location | British Museum |
| Identification | ME 91220 |
The first published, and the most notable, are a group of sixteen bronze Mesopotamian weights found at Nimrud in the late 1840s and now in the British Museum. They are considered to date from the 8th century BCE, with bilingual inscriptions in both cuneiform and Phoenician characters; the latter inscriptions are known as CIS II 1-14.
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