1/2 Libra = 1/2 Litra , 6 Uncias

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Sphere, hemisphere, or similar (spheroid, ovoid, etc.)

3.10 cm

- cm

2.80 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
151.94	-	-	Tekin 2015b	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Cross

Tekin 2015b : Bronze weight ; spherical in form with a flat bottom. It measures 31 mm in diameter and 28 mm in height ; it weighs 151.94 g. On the top, engraved with a cross intersecting with small lines (like a star with eight arms) within a circular border. Its mass corresponds to a half-litre (litra of 303.88 g) or a six-uncia (uncia of 25.32 g). Its mass also corresponds to a fifty-dirham (dirham of 3.03 g) but the design on the top doesn’t look like Islamic in character.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE , DUBIA

Tekin 2015b : May be dated to the AD 5th-7th centuries.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Denizli Atatürk and Ethnography Museum	Dec. 31, 2006	4402

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2015b	615–616;625	11	11	None