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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
  • Authority
  • Mint
    Laodicea ad Mare
  • Denomination
    1/8 Mina
  • Material
    Metal: Lead
  • Manufacture
    Cast
  • Shape
    Polygon (pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, etc.)
  • Length
    7.00 cm
  • Width
    7.00 cm
  • Height
    - cm
  • Metrology
    Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
    156.00 - - Archives Seyrig 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
    Archives Seyrig (HS 327 I): Poids pentagonal, avec tenon au bord supérieur. Hauteur et largeur 70 mm. Bordure en arête, ornée d’une ligne brisée sur le biseau extérieur. Poids 156 g. Ἔτους | κ´, | ὄγδοον. Revers lisse, avec monogramme en relief. Date: an 20, probablement de l’ère de la liberté de Laodicée = 62/61 av. J.-C. Musée de Beyrouth, apporté de Tortose.
  • Autopsy
    No
INSCRIPTION
  • Language Technique Legend type
    Greek Relief Date, Denomination
  • Fac simile
  • Edition
    Ἔτους | κ´, | ὄγδοον. || {monogramma}.
  • Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
  • Findspot (region)
  • Findspot (site)
  • Context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
  • Region
    Syria: Ţarţūs
  • City
    Tartus, Tartous, Ṭarṭūs [Antarados / Constantia]
  • Date of first acquisition
  • circumstances
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
  • Curatorial Section
    GREEK , ROMAN
  • Time frame
    FROM -62 TO -28
  • Comments on Chronology
    Archives Seyrig (HS 327 I): Year 20 of the Freedom of Laodicea = 62/61 BCE. Or Year 20 of the Caesarian Era = 29/28 BCE (?)
COLLECTION HISTORY
  • Collection
    Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
    National Museum of Beirut None None
  • Bibliography
    Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
    Seyrig (archives) [Paris] None HS 327 I, no. 17; HS 337 I None None
VARIA
  • Additional comment
    A drawing is available in Seyrig’s archives (HS 337 I).
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