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mass · Mesopotamia / Levant · Antiquity
Early Dynastic Mesopotamian mina (range)
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Variant of mina (Mesopotamian)
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Publish the researched range and its context; do not collapse it to a single exact value.
Definition
Surviving evidence places one Early Dynastic Mesopotamian mina (range) between 0.55 and 0.68 kilograms. It is recorded as a range because the documented values were not uniform.
Reference value
Surviving evidence places one Early Dynastic Mesopotamian mina (range) between 0.55 and 0.68 kilograms. It is recorded as a range because the documented values were not uniform.
Modern use
Retained primarily for historical, educational, or reference use rather than as a current standardized calculator unit.
Did you know?
Even within Mesopotamia, a mina was not one timeless mass. Museum evidence explicitly notes city, regional and period standards—exactly why this Early Dynastic record is stored as a range.
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Source tier Tier A — government / museum / authoritative institutional source · confidence Moderate
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