Lead

Cast

Rectangle

2.40 cm

2.80 cm

1.40 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
18.20	-	Jan. 15, 2018	A. Pugliese	No	Yes	Yes
20.00	-	Dec. 31, 2013	Museo Archeologico A. Salinas di Palermo	No	Yes	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Triskelion	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck

Worn

Corroded

Small lead weight; rectangular and punctured on the upper left corner. On one side, it is stamped with a countermark bearing the symbol of the triskelion of Sicily (Trinacria without the Gorgoneion). The other side is blank. It is corroded and worn, with white patina on the entire piece.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type

GREEK

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antonio Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum (Palermo)	Dec. 31, 1858	53680

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
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The object was part of the collection of the Baron Astuto di Noto which was gathered in the second half of the 18th century and purchased by Mr. Giuseppe La Barbera, an antiquity trader from Palermo, in 1858. Later the same year the collection was purchased by the Archaeological Museum and transferred to the museum in 1861.
The documentation concerning the acquisition of the Astuto Collection is conserved in the file no. 405 of the historical archives of the museum. Here is an old handwritten note which reads: “Peso in piombo marcato con Trinacria e corrispondente a 3:grani d’oncia” (lead weight, marked with Trinacria and equivalent to 3 grains of an ounce).