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  • Copyright credit: Stucky 1983

  • Copyright credit: Stucky 1983

  • Copyright credit: Stucky 1983

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
  • Authority
  • Mint
    Laodicea ad Mare
  • Denomination
    1/16 Mina
  • Material
    Metal: Lead
  • Manufacture
    Cast
  • Shape
    Square
  • Length
    4.24 cm
  • Width
    4.40 cm
  • Height
    0.55 cm
  • Metrology
    Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
    76.70 - - Stucky 1983 No No Yes
  • Iconography
    Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
  • Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Handle
    No
    Suspension hole
    No
  • Recarved mould
    No
    Recarved weight
    No
  • Intentionally destroyed
    No
  • Archaeological description
    Stucky 1983: Rechteck, an den Aussenseiten der aufstehenden Ränder je 3 Halbkreise. Blei. Av. ΕΚΚΑΙ/ΔΕΚΑ/ΤΟΝ. Rv. glatt. L. 4.24 cm; Br. 4.40cm; H. 0.55cm. 76.7g = 1/16 Mina.
  • Autopsy
    No
INSCRIPTION
  • Language Technique Legend type
    Denomination
  • Fac simile
  • Edition
    Ἑκκαι|δέκα|τον.
  • Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
  • Findspot (region)
    Syria: Al Lādhiqīyah
  • Findspot (site)
    Ras Shamra [Leukos Limen]
  • Context
    Found in Leukos Limen [Ras Shamra]. 1973, lnv. Nr. 34.34, R/15, — 100, T.P. 5460.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
  • Region
  • City
  • Date of first acquisition
  • circumstances
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
  • Curatorial Section
    GREEK , ROMAN
  • Time frame
    FROM 1 TO 100
  • Comments on Chronology
    Seyrig 1946–48, p. 66–67: 1st century CE. Stucky 1983: End of the 1st c. BCE or beginning of the 1st c. CE.
COLLECTION HISTORY
  • Collection
    Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
    Ras Shamra Depot Dec. 31, 1973 34.34, R/15, — 100, T.P. 5460
  • Bibliography
    Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
    Stucky 1983 53–54 4 pl. 26, 55 None
VARIA
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