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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

South Syrian or Phoenician mint

Denomination

1/4 Mina

Material

Lead

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Square

Length

5.20 cm

Width

5.70 cm

Height

0.80 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
130.70	-	Jan. 16, 2017	Autopsy Charles Doyen	No	No	Yes
130.00	-	-	Archives Seyrig (HS 337, II)	No	No	No

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Anchor
Pileus
Lattice pattern

Wear

Corrosion

Handle

Suspension hole

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

Rectangular weight. 5.1/5.2×5.5/5.7×0.6/0.8 cm. Obverse: Frame. Anchor. Two pellets.
Archives Seyrig (HS 337, II): Poids présentés par Sarrafian en janvier 1963: 3. Poids rect[angulaire], h. 56; l. 50, sans tenon, bordure, revers losangé. Ancre, flanqué [sic] de deux pilei. 130 g.

Autopsy

Yes

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type

Fac simile

Edition

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Findspot (site)

context

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

Jan. 31, 1963

circumstances

This weight was presented to Seyrig by [Tigrane] Sarrafian in January 1963.

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

GREEK

Time frame

FROM -250 TO -1

Comments on Chronology

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Art and History Museum (Geneva)	None	CdN 2017-016

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Seyrig (archives)	None	HS 337, II	None	None

VARIA

Additional comment

Pictures are available in Seyrig’s archives (HS 337, II; 386).
Mint: maybe Tyre? (see the pilei).

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