Byblos

1/4 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

7.00 cm

7.30 cm

0.80 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
170.80	-	-	Autopsy Charles Doyen	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Crown of Isis	Relief
Double cornucopia	Relief
Lattice pattern	Relief

Square lead weight (7.0×7.0 cm; with tenon: 7.3 cm; thickness: 0.8 cm; weight: 170.8 gm.), with a network pattern on its reverse. The obverse has a raised border and is decorated by two crossed cornucopiae and the crown of Isis between the upper parts of the horns. In the lower field, on either side of the cornucopiae and between the lower parts of the horns, there is a two-line inscription: ΤΕ – ΤΑ | Ρ – ΤΟ – Ν.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

Τέ–τα|ρ–το–ν.

GREEK

FROM -200 TO -1

2nd–1st c. BCE (Kushnir-Stein 2002); very end of the second – beginning of the first centuries BCE (Finkielsztejn 2015)

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Art and History Museum (Geneva)	None	CdN 2017-001

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Seyrig (archives)	None	HS 386	None	None

A picture is available in Seyrig’s archives (HS 386).