In this volume Enrico Ascalone presents more than 2000 weights potential weights and other
objects - mostly unpublished so far - from 20 Bronze Age sites in Iraq Iran and India. It
includes ca. 750 weights from Susa in south-western Iran and nearly 900 weights from Dholavira
Kutch district in India. The typology material archaeological context and metrology of the
objects is discussed. For the first time a large number of weights from the Mature Harappan
culture is presented in detail. The investigations were made possible by various partners in
the Iran India and France (Louvre) and were funded by the ERC-2014-CoG 'WEIGHTANDVALUE: Weight
metrology and its economic and social impact on Bronze Age Europe West and South Asia' [Grant
no. 648055].
