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*เปลี่ยนเป็นภาษาไทยคลิ๊กทางด้านซ้ายบน
by Sylvia Fraser-Lu
 
The term "opium" weight for these measures was probably coined by a foreigner with a vivid imagination and a fascination for the forbidden. While it is true that some of the smaller weights could have been used for measuring this drug, "opium" weights served a much wider, more useful and down-to-earth purpose: they were used to gauge the weight of the daily items of commerce found in the Burmese market-place. All types of food, raw materials and metals, both ordinary and precious, were sold in quantities determined by these weights. Items were measured by a beam hung with two baskets or trays. The correct weight was placed in one basket and the other basket filled with the desired material until the two baskets balanced.

Two hintha bird weights on pumpkin bases.
Note the seals on the base of each.
16th-17th century

A 50 tical hintha bird weight which is possibly transitional between the ones with the pumpkin base and those with the low rounded base. Height 3 inches. 17th century

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