Marathos

5 Sheqels

Lead

Cast

Square

2.70 cm

2.90 cm

0.60 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
45.30	-	Jan. 16, 2019	Autopsy Charles Doyen	No	No	Yes
57.50	-	-	BnF, wrong mass	No	No	No
45.32	-	-	Elayi and Elayi 1997	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Elayi and Elayi 1997: Parallélépipède sans bélière ni bordure visibles. Registre supérieur: balance du Type A. Registre inférieur: nombre 4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1). Revers lisse. Poids: 45,32 g. Inédit. Référence interdite.
BnF: Poids quadrangulaire. Plomb. L. 2,95 cm; l. 2,8 cm; ép. 0,72 cm; Poids: 57,5 gr. [sic: confusion with the weight 1992-905; the correct mass should be 45.32 g]. À la première ligne, un monogramme ou la lettre phénicienne M, comme sur les n° Waddington.7459; 60 et 61; à la deuxième ligne, la valeur numérale 5.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Phoenician	Relief	Denomination, Mint

{Monogram of Marathos: U+1090C+10913+10915}

{Phoenician number 5, U+10916, 10916, 10916, 10916, 10916}

mrt | 5. — “Marathus, 5 (Sheqels).”

MRT

NEAR EASTERN , GREEK

FROM -300 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
National Library of France (Paris)	Dec. 31, 1992	1992-903
Bordreuil Collection	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Elayi and Elayi 1997	133	372	None	None
Finkielsztejn 2015	67–68, 69	63	None	None

The weights 1992-903 and 1992-905 were once interverted at the BnF.