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I HAVE to thank Mr. Rodwell for calling my attention, in NATURE, vol. ix. p. 8, to the curious representation of an equal-armed Egyptian balance in a papyrus, now in the British Museum. This papyrus, which is perhaps the most beautiful in the whole collection, all the colours and lines being as bright and distinct as when originally painted, has been shown to me by Dr. Birch, who also informed me where I could procure a photograph of it, being one of a series of photographs from the collection at the British Museum, taken by S. Thompson, and published by Mansell and Co., 2, Percy Street. By Mr. Mansell's permission the following drawing has been made.
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CHISHOLM, H. Ancient Egyptian Balances. Nature 9, 122 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/009122a0
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