abacus
- Museum number
- As1998,14.26
- Description
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Abacus; carved from wood; rectangular frame made of four pieces of wood joined together at corners with mortise and tenon joints; twelve metal bars, slightly concave, inserted into holes in inside of long sides of rectangular frame; bars 1-3, 5-7, 9-10 and 12 have four ovoid light-coloured wooden counters, two dark-coloured, then four light-coloured; bar 4 has one light counter, two dark, then one light; bar 8 and 11 have one dark counter, three light, two dark, four light; two green mushroom-shaped pieces of plastic inserted into holes carved in one short side of frame.
- Dimensions
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Length: 45 centimetres
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Weight: 1.06 kilograms
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Width: 26.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Acquired from Ashgabat, Mary and Bayram-Ali Sunday bazaars while donor was conducting excavations at Merv in September-October 1998.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1998
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired September-October 1998
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As1998,14.26