Damon, agoranomos (Berytos)

Berytos

1/4 Mina

Lead

Cast

Rectangle

5.80 cm

- cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
149.00	-	-	Seyrig Archives (HS 332, no. 11a)	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Cornucopia	Relief
Egg and dart pattern	Relief
Lattice pattern	Relief
Sign of Tanit	Relief
Bunch of grapes	Relief

Sawaya 2023: Square lead cast weight with suspension loops squashed Dimensions: 63 × 57 × 7.5 mm (17, including the loop) and 58 mm (18). Mass: 138.9 g (17) and 149 g (18). Issued from two different molds. Preservation: very good. Dain 1933, p. 197-198, no. 237; Seyrig 1950b, p. 31, note 40; Seyrig’s archives: files HS 150-II, HS 332, and HS 337-II, no. 11; Kushnir-Stein 2005, p. 17*-18*; Finkielsztejn 2012, p. 140, note 17, no. 27. Denomination: quarter mina. Obverse: vertical cornucopia (in center), L–ΚΣ | Δ–Α | ΜΟ–ΝΟ | C Α–ΓΟ | ΡΑ– Δ– (in field), ‘Year 220, Damôn, being agoranomos, quarter mina’, all within a simple square frame surrounded by a raised border with egg-and-dart pattern. Reverse: lattice pattern with monogram {Sign of Tanit}. Agoranomos: Damôn. Findspot: findspot of no. 17 is unknown; no. 18 was found with no. 16 to the North of the Vieux Sérail at the place des Canons in Beirut. Acquisition: 17) musée du Louvre, catalogue number Br 4177, entry number MND 1423, purchased in 1925 (ex Georges Tabbagh Collection); 18) Musée national de Beyrouth, presently lost. Photographic credits: 17) musée du Louvre/Hervé Lewandowski; 18) Henri Seyrig, File HS 332, Béryte 11 (obverse photograph).
Seyrig Archives (HS 332, no. 11b): Poids carré. 58 mm. Tenon au bord supérieur. Même bordure que les précédents. Poids : a. 149 g. ; b. 139 g. Corne d’abondance. L – κσ´, | Δ–ά|μο–νο|ς ἀ–γο||ρα(νόμου), | A. Revers losangé, avec {signe de Tanit}. Date : an 220 de l’ère des Séleucides = 93/92 av. J.-C. a. Musée de Beyrouth, trouvé avec le précédent. — b. Musée du Louvre (MND 1423).

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Date, Denomination

(Ἔτους) – κσ̣´ | Δ–ά|μ⟨ω⟩–νο|ς ἀ–γο|ρα(νόμου) | (τέταρτον).

L. 2–4: Δ–ά|μο–νο|ς, Ἀτά|μονος (Dain, SEG).

GREEK

FROM -93 TO -92

Seleucid Era 220 = 93/92 BCE.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
National Museum of Beirut	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Seyrig (archives)	None	HS 332; HS 337 II; HS 338 I b	None	(attribution to Berytos)
Sawaya 2023	91–92, 111	18	fig. 18	None

L. 5: δ´ (?) = τέταρτον? See Kushnir-Stein 2005: An indication of a weight unit seems to be present also on the weight dated to the year 220 (93/2 BCE) (Dain 1933: 197-198, No. 237). It weighs 139.45 g and has a delta (Δ) at the end of the inscription; a delta would normally indicate "a quarter" ( of a mina). A short line adjoins the upper end of the delta on the right, apparently showing that the letter should be understood as a digit. The weight of the item corresponds to one fourth of the widely used Seleucid mina standard of 550-600 g.
IGLS VIII/1: L. 5. δʹ pour τέταρτον (Dain, SEG, Kushnir-Stein), αʹ (Seyrig, Finkielsztejn).
IGLS VIII/1: Provenant de « Syrie » selon A. Dain, attribué à Beyrouth par H. Seyrig (et à Tyr par G. Finkielsztejn). Julien Aliquot (personal communication): attribution to Berytos.
See https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/13033/ (same types and legend); https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/12069/
The “letter” that looks like a “T” or a “Φ” (l. 2) is actually a grape.
Pictures are available in Seyrig’s archives (HS 332, 337 II).