Pondera

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

Tyre

Denomination

Material

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Astragalus

Length

4.20 cm

Width

1.80 cm

Height

1.90 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
56.50	-	Jan. 16, 2017	Autopsy Charles Doyen	No	No	Yes

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Astragalus	Shaped
Club	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck

Wear

Corrosion

Handle

Yes

Suspension hole

Yes

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

Astragalus bronze weight. Length (with the loop): 4,2 cm; (without the loop): 3,4 cm.
MAH: Poids d’une once de la ville de Tyr. Étalon phénicien (58 gr.). Monogramme de Tyr (la massue, emblème de Héraclès Melcarth, forme la barre du Τ + Ρ +Υ). Noms des magistrats en lettres phéniciennes et incantation en pointillés. 4e s. avant J.-C.

Autopsy

Yes

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Unidentified
Greek, Phoenician	Relief	Date, Mint

Fac simile

Face A: (Dotted inscription) Face B: → ΚΘ ← {Phoenician letters ŠT: U+10914, 10915} Face C: Α

Edition

Face A: (Dotted inscription)
Face B: št κθ´
Face C: α´

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Findspot (site)

context

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

circumstances

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

GREEK

Time frame

FROM -300 TO -1

Comments on Chronology

MAH: 4th c. BCE
Finkielsztejn 2015: 247/6 BCE or 98/7 BCE.

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Art and History Museum (Geneva)	None	CdN 32530 bis

Bibliography

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