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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Aulus Julius Diogenes, agoranomos?
Mint
Ephesos
Denomination
4 Uncias
Material
Lead
Manufacture
Cast
Shape
Square
Length
5.00 cm
Width
6.10 cm
Height
0.75 cm
Metrology
Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
106.33 - - Auction Archaeological Center 2007 No No Yes
Iconography
Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
Wear
Corrosion
Handle
Yes
Suspension hole
No
Recarved mould
No
Recarved weight
No
Intentionally destroyed
No
Archaeological description
Auction Archaeological Center 2007: Palestine (?), A Roman Period rectangular lead weight with a handle and high pyramidal frame, 106.33 gr., 5.0×6.1 cm., 7.5 mm. thick. In the frame a large letter Δ is marked. On the back a Greek inscription reads: ΑΥΛΟΥ | ΙΟΥΛΙ|ΕΥ ΔΙΟΓΕΝΩ =. In good condition. (A. Spaer coll. no. W-91). Now published in Kushnir-Stein 2009−10, 209−210 no. 3.
Vandermeiren: Poids de forme carrée, volume légèrement pyramidal, aux bords en relief, dépassants, bien marqués. Lettre Δ gravée au centre de la face. Poignée de forme trapézoïdale, sans contremarque. Revers lisse avec une inscription ; l. 1 outrepasse le bord de l’objet; l. 2 à 4 centrée. Inscription: . . Υ̣ΛΟΣ̣. / ΙΟΥΛΙ/ . . ΔΙΟ̣ / Γ Ε̣?Ṇ?OΣ̣
Autopsy
No
INSCRIPTION
Language Technique Legend type
Greek Relief Authority, Denomination
Fac simile

Δ

Α̣Υ̣ΛΟΥ̣

ΙΟΥΛΙ

Ο̣Υ̣ΔΙΟ̣

ΓΕ̣ṆOΥ̣Σ̣

Edition
δ´. || Α̣ὔ̣λου̣ | Ἰουλί|ο̣υ̣ Διο̣|γέ̣ν̣ου̣ς̣.
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
Findspot (site)
context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
City
Date of first acquisition
April 4, 2007
circumstances
Antiquities trade.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
GREEK , ROMAN
Time frame
FROM 1 TO 300
Comments on Chronology
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
Antiquities Trade April 4, 2007 None
Spaer Collection None W-91
Bibliography
Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
Auction Archaeological Center 2007b 18, 20 425 None None
Kushnir-Stein 2009–10 209−210 3 Fig. 3 None
SEG 60 None 1868 None None
VARIA
Additional comment
Kushnir-Stein 2009−10: A Palaestinian provenance of this weight is possible but not certain, as there seem to be no specifically local features in either its shape of its inscription.

For a similar weight, see https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/12127/
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