The word “weight” can name an object and a measurement. A collection record makes that double use concrete. The Met catalogues object 16.3.5 as a weight and records its mass as 206 grams.
Read the material and dimensions together
The entry identifies travertine, also labelled Egyptian alabaster, and dimensions of 6.2 centimetres high, 4.4 wide and 3 deep. It dates the object broadly to the Middle Kingdom, around 1981–1640 BCE. These fields describe a particular surviving item, not every weight used across Egyptian history.
Write the title and the measurement on separate lines. That prevents “weight” in a note from becoming an ambiguous mixture of object category and mass.
Do not turn grams into an ancient unit by guesswork
A modern measurement can invite questions about historical standards, but the short record alone does not establish the complete weighing system in which this object was used. Nor does it tell us every transaction it may have served. Keep those as research questions rather than converting 206 grams into a confidently named ancient denomination.
Notice the limits of the available record
At the time consulted, the page displayed no object image. That matters: a description of the object’s colour, wear or shape would need another documented source. The conceptual illustration on this article cannot supply that missing visual evidence.
For a useful notebook entry, save the identifier, museum link, material, dimensions and date range, then add a question about historical use. Compare this approach with reading a plumb bob’s catalogue record. Both objects invite practical questions, but their functions should not be reconstructed from a label alone.