Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH -- Chapter 2 THE DATE -- Chapter 3 DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND THE BORDERS OF JUDAH -- Chapter 4 THE TYPOLOGY -- Chapter 5 THE METROLOGY OF THE WEIGHTS -- Chapter 6 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT -- Chapter 7 THE JUDAEAN WEIGHTS AND THE OLD TESTAMENT -- Chapter 8 THE JUDAEAN WEIGHTS AND THE HEBREW OSTRACA -- Chapter 9 THE JUDAEAN WEIGHTS AND OTHER NEAR-EASTERN WEIGHT SYSTEMS -- Chapter 10 THE QUESTION OF ROYAL WEIGHTS -- Chapter 11 THE UNINSCRIBED WEIGHTS OF JUDAH -- Chapter 12 CONCLUSIONS -- Appendices 1. CATALOGUE OF INSCRIBED JUDAEAN WEIGHTS -- Appendices 2. ADDENDA (WEIGHTS ADDED BETWEEN 1991 AND 96) -- Appendices 3. JUDAEAN INSCRIBED WEIGHTS (ARRANGED BY SITE) -- Appendices 4. THE JUDAEAN UNINSCRIBED WEIGHTS -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Place Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- Z.