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  • Copyright credit: St. Anne’s Museum (Jerusalem)

  • Copyright credit: St. Anne’s Museum (Jerusalem)

  • Copyright credit: Gatier 1991

  • Copyright credit: Gatier 1991

  • Copyright credit: Jerusalem 1990

  • Copyright credit: St. Anne’s Museum (Jerusalem)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
  • Authority
    Zenobios, agoranomos (Seleucia Pieria)
  • Mint
    Seleucia Pieria
  • Denomination
    1 Mina
  • Material
    Metal: Lead
  • Manufacture
    Cast
  • Shape
    Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)
  • Length
    11.80 cm
  • Width
    11.80 cm
  • Height
    1.00 cm
  • Metrology
    Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
    615.00 - - Gatier 1991 No No No
    690.00 - Nov. 8, 2024 Autopsy F. Krzysztof Stolarski No No Yes
    697.00 - Aug. 13, 1956 Autopsy F. Jean-Baptiste Darblade No No No
    308.00 - - F. Jean Starcky (wrong reading of the label) No No No
  • Iconography
    Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
    Herm Relief
    Double cornucopia Relief
    Concentric circles Relief
    Ear of wheat Relief
  • Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Handle
    No
    Suspension hole
    No
  • Recarved mould
    No
    Recarved weight
    No
  • Intentionally destroyed
    No
  • Archaeological description
    Circular weight. On the main face: a terminal figure, a cornucopia and an ear of barley. Inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ Δ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΜΝΑ. Around the edge: ΖΗΝΟΒΙΟΥ.
  • Autopsy
    Yes
INSCRIPTION
  • Language Technique Legend type
    Greek Relief Authority, Date, Denomination, Mint
  • Fac simile
  • Edition
    Ἕτους δ´, δημοσία μνᾶ. Ζηνοβίου
  • Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
  • Findspot (region)
    Türkiye: Hatay
  • Findspot (site)
    Hıdırbey
  • Context
    Found by peasants from Coderbec (Khoderbeg, Hoderbeg, Hidirbey).
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
  • Region
    Türkiye: Hatay
  • City
  • Date of first acquisition
  • circumstances
    ÉBAF 1990: Le poids de 615 grammes, trouvé par des paysans d’un village en amont des ruines de Séleucie, ancien port d’Antioche et acquis par les Capucins de Beyrouth à la fin du siècle dernier, a été donné au musée biblique de Sainte-Anne en 1909.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
  • Curatorial Section
    GREEK
  • Time frame
    FROM -106 TO -105
  • Comments on Chronology
    Year 4 of Seleucia: 106/105 BCE (Gatier 1991).
COLLECTION HISTORY
  • Collection
    Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
    St. Anne’s Museum (Jerusalem) Dec. 31, 1909 PB 0032
  • Bibliography
    Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
    IGLS IV None 1273 None (in comm.)
    ÉBAF 1990 89–90 27 fig. 35 None
    Gatier 1991 434–440 None fig. 1 None
    SEG 41 None 1536 None None
    BÉ 2006 727 448 None None
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