Diodoros

100 Libras

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Other shapes

27.50 cm

14.50 cm

18.60 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
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Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Pig / Boar / Sow

Alessandra Pugliese: Bronze weight in the shape of piglet, with horizontal handle on its back. The animal is portrayed lying with bent legs on a rectangular base, which is supported by four short pedestals. On the back of the animal, the Greek letters ΡϹ are incised, while on the long side of the base the name ΔΙΟΔΩΡΟΥ is scratched on the bronze. The front-right knee of the piglet presents a small hole. The base is hollow; under the rear of the animal, the base presents a fissure, which may have been used to insert and slide a panel in order to close the base itself. The weight shows some signs of corrosion, with spots of oxidation. Overall, it is in very good conditions. The piglet is 27.5 long, 14.5 cm wide and 15.5 cm high; the handle is 4.1 cm high.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
		Authority, Denomination

P C

ΔΙΟΔΩΡΟΥ

P(ondo) C (librae). || Διοδώρου.

ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 79

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago)	None	24123

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tarbell and Dorsey 1909	138–139	252	pl. CVII	None

Modern copy made by the Chiurazzi foundry in 1903. Original: National Archaeological Museum (Naples), no. 74390 (https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/12747/).