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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

Tyre

Denomination

Material

Lead

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Square

Length

5.00 cm

Width

5.00 cm

Height

- cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
-

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Club	Relief
Sign of Tanit	Relief
Lattice pattern	Relief
Egg and dart pattern	Relief

Wear

Corrosion

Handle

Yes

Suspension hole

Yes

Recarved mould

Yes

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

Square lead weight (5 × 5 cm) with a loop at the top.

Autopsy

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Date, Other

Fac simile

Α–ΓΟ | –ΒΙ

Edition

ἀγο(...) | (ἔτους) βι´

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Israel: Haifa

Findspot (site)

Tel Dor / Khirbet el-Burj [Dor]

context

This weight was excavated during the final season of excavation at Tel Dor (2000), in a large public building in Area D1 in the southwestern part of the tell (part of the city’s acropolis at the time).

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

circumstances

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

GREEK

Time frame

FROM -115 TO -114

Comments on Chronology

Finkielzstejn 2015: Year 12 of the Era of the Freedom of Tyre = 115/114 BCE rather than Year 12 of the era of the People of Tyre = 264/263 BCE. Auction Münz Zentrum 1983: Year 12 = 115/4 BCE

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
-

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Stern 2002	108	None	fig.	None
Stern 2006	177–179	None	fig. 2	None
Wolff and Finkielsztejn 2009	497–506	None	None	None
Finkielsztejn 2015	86, 90	135	None	None