ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Mint
Denomination
6 Uncias
Material
Copper alloy (bronze or brass)
Manufacture
Cast
Shape
Truncated sphere or similar (truncated spheroid, truncated double cone, etc.)
Length
3.25 cm
Width
3.25 cm
Height
2.78 cm
Metrology
| Mass (g) | Mass (grain) | Date of measurement | Reference | fragmented | cleaned | reference weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157.85 | - | - | RIB II | 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
Bendeguz Tobias: Commercial weight. Truncated sphere. Iconography: No cross. No wreath.
RIB II: Support: Type of object: Cheese-shaped weight. Material: Bronze. Dimensions: Diam. at most 32.5 mm × H 27.8 mm × Weight 157.85 gm. Site: Dorchester on Thames. Find context: Found during excavation of Site A in the Roman town. Find date: 1962. Modern location: Now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Institution: Ashmolean Museum: inv. no. unknown. Text field: Style of lettering: In capitals. Letter heights: (not specified).
RIB II: Support: Type of object: Cheese-shaped weight. Material: Bronze. Dimensions: Diam. at most 32.5 mm × H 27.8 mm × Weight 157.85 gm. Site: Dorchester on Thames. Find context: Found during excavation of Site A in the Roman town. Find date: 1962. Modern location: Now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Institution: Ashmolean Museum: inv. no. unknown. Text field: Style of lettering: In capitals. Letter heights: (not specified).
Autopsy
No
INSCRIPTION
| Language | Technique | Legend type |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | Incised | Denomination |
Fac simile
Ϛ
Edition
Οὐ(γγίαι) ϛ´.
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
United Kingdom: England
Findspot (site)
Dorchester-on-Thames
context
RIB II: Found during excavation of Site A in the Roman town.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
City
Date of first acquisition
circumstances
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
ROMAN
Time frame
FROM
43
TO
300
Comments on Chronology
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
| Name | Date of acquisition | Inventory number |
|---|---|---|
| Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) | None |
Bibliography
| Reference | Page/Column | Reference (number) | Plate / Figure | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright 1964 | 180 | 14 | None | (non vidi) |
| RIB II | None | 2412.83 | None | None |
VARIA
Additional comment
RIB II: The object is 5.88 gm underweight (3.59%), which is partly accounted for by corrosion [4.9 gm underweight, 3.01%]. M.W.C.H. suggests (in litt.) that the symbol * is a variant of * , itself a variant from of Ϝ, digamma, the obsolete sixth letter of the Greek alphabet which continued in use to denote the numeral 6.
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