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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

Tyre

Denomination

Material

Lead

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Square

Length

3.40 cm

Width

4.30 cm

Height

0.60 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
50.05	-	-	Archives Seyrig (HS 334)	No	No	No
50.80	-	Jan. 16, 2017	Autopsy Charles Doyen	No	No	Yes

Iconography

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

Wear

Corrosion

Handle

Yes

Suspension hole

Yes

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

Square lead weight (3.4×3.5×0.6 cm). 50.8 g. Width with the handle: 4.3 cm.

Autopsy

Yes

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief

Fac simile

Edition

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Lebanon: Liban-Sud (Al Janūb)

Findspot (site)

Tyre [Tyrus / Col. Septimia Severa]

context

Archives Seyrig (HS 334): Trouvé à Tyr.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

Nov. 30, 1959

circumstances

Archives Seyrig (HS 334): De Geo. Farrah, par Sarrafian, nov. 1959.

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

GREEK

Time frame

FROM -300 TO -1

Comments on Chronology

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Art and History Museum (Geneva)	None	CdN 2017-055

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Seyrig (archives)	None	HS 334	None	None

VARIA

Additional comment

A drawing is available in Seyrig’s archives (HS 334). The object described by Seyrig is probably the one conserved in the Art and History Museum (Geneva).

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