Wheat grains

Museum number:
9-9355d
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2603
Object count:
1
Description:
4 wheat grains: part of a collection of carob seeds, pods and wheat grains to illustrate the derivation of the jeweler's carat from carob seeds, Arabic qirat, from Greek keration. The seeds were formerly the standard jeweler's weight in the Near East and Moslem world. The old traditional mithqal gold coin on Moslem countries has a weight of 24 carob seeds. Likewise, gold alloys are rated in 24ths, i.e. 10 carat gold is 10/24 fine gold. The carat was and is divided into 4 carat grains (wheat). The pods are sugary and serve as food for men and livestock.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Israel
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
March 9, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wheat grains, accession number 9-9355d, described as 4 wheat grains: part of a collection of carob seeds, pods and wheat grains to illustrate the derivation of the jeweler's carat from carob seeds, Arabic qirat, from Greek keration. The seeds were formerly the standard jeweler's weight in the Near East and Moslem world. The old traditional mithqal gold coin on Moslem countries has a weight of 24 carob seeds. Likewise, gold alloys are rated in 24ths, i.e. 10 carat gold is 10/24 fine gold. The carat was and is divided into 4 carat grains (wheat). The pods are sugary and serve as food for men and livestock.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wheat grains, accession number 9-9355d, described as 4 wheat grains: part of a collection of carob seeds, pods and wheat grains to illustrate the derivation of the jeweler's carat from carob seeds, Arabic qirat, from Greek keration. The seeds were formerly the standard jeweler's weight in the Near East and Moslem world. The old traditional mithqal gold coin on Moslem countries has a weight of 24 carob seeds. Likewise, gold alloys are rated in 24ths, i.e. 10 carat gold is 10/24 fine gold. The carat was and is divided into 4 carat grains (wheat). The pods are sugary and serve as food for men and livestock.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wheat grains, accession number 9-9355d, described as 4 wheat grains: part of a collection of carob seeds, pods and wheat grains to illustrate the derivation of the jeweler's carat from carob seeds, Arabic qirat, from Greek keration. The seeds were formerly the standard jeweler's weight in the Near East and Moslem world. The old traditional mithqal gold coin on Moslem countries has a weight of 24 carob seeds. Likewise, gold alloys are rated in 24ths, i.e. 10 carat gold is 10/24 fine gold. The carat was and is divided into 4 carat grains (wheat). The pods are sugary and serve as food for men and livestock.

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