Pondera

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

Olympia

Denomination

2 Minas

Material

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Step pyramid (stepped disc, stepped square, stepped rectangle)

Length

6.90 cm

Width

7.00 cm

Height

2.70 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
866.00	-	-	Hitzl 1996	No	No	Yes

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Wear

Corrosion

Handle

Suspension hole

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

Hitzl 1996:
Inschrift: Eingehauene ΔΙΟΣ-Inschrift. Quer über die Mitte der Oberseite; Sigma leicht nach vorne versetzt; Buchstabenhöhe 1,1–1,9 cm.
Unsauberer Guß. Korrosionsschäden. An der vorderen rechten Ecke der oberen Stufe eine Niete durch das Gewicht getrieben; der Nietkopf, Dm 1,5 cm, kaum bearbeitet.

Autopsy

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Incised	Dedication

Fac simile

ΔΙΟΣ

Edition

Διός

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Greece: Elis

Findspot (site)

Archaia Olympia [Olympia]

context

Stadion, Westwall 3 B, 05/02/1942.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

circumstances

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

GREEK

Time frame

FROM -471 TO -400

Comments on Chronology

Hitzl 1996: ab ca. 471 BCE.
Johnston (SEG 47:451; 49:484): ca. 450 – ca. 420 BCE.
Siewert, MDAI(A) 111, 1996 (SEG 47:451), p. 141–144, and Siewert and Taeuber 2013 (SEG 63:322), p. 233–234: letztes Drittel 5. Jh. v. Chr. (ca. 430–400 BCE).

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Museum of Olympia / Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia	None	B 2317

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Hitzl 1996	164	40		(Gruppe IV: Zweiminenstücke; Klasse A)