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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.1.125
Title
Lead Weight
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
weight
Date
2nd-1st century BCE
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194192

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lead
Dimensions
0.8 × 4.4 × 4 cm (5/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
130 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. F. Bassermann-Jordan, Deidesheim, Rhineland-Palatia, first quarter of the 20th century. Purchase, [Axel G. Weber, Kunsthandel GMBH, Cologne, mid 1990's-1998], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1998-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.1.125
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Square lead weight, rounded edges, with a depiction of half an amphora and two letters in the field at left, possibly spelling demo(sion) [of the people]. Equivalent to 1/6 of a stater. There is some surface corrosion.

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