Pondera

Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

Miletos

Denomination

1/4 Mina

Material

Lead

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Square

Length

3.50 cm

Width

4.00 cm

Height

1.00 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
115.10	-	-	CPAI III/1	No	No	No
115.10	-	April 13, 2023	Thomas Leblanc	No	No	Yes

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Wear

Heavily worn

Corrosion

Heavily corroded

Handle

Suspension hole

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

CPAI III/1 : Square in form with rounded corners; surface much worn and corroded. On the obverse, Μ+Ι(λησίων) in relief; above to left, [Τ] and to right, Ε (or it may be a ligature). The reverse is blank but there is a depression and incision. Its mass corresponds to a tetarton, i.e. one-fourth of a mna (mna of 460.4 g).

Autopsy

Yes

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Fac simile

{monogramma Μ+Ι}
. Ε

Edition

Μι(λησίων) | [τ]–έ(ταρτον).

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Findspot (site)

context

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

Dec. 31, 2007

circumstances

CPAI III/1 : Acquired in 2007.

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

GREEK

Time frame

FROM -400 TO -1

Comments on Chronology

CPAI III/1 : Hellenistic.

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Jan. 1, 2007	PMA 2277

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/1	None	070	pl. 19	None
Tekin 2016a	119–122, 207–209	9	None	None