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MARE0216

Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Weight. Label.
Transcription

Lἔτους νρ´ ἀγορανομοῦντος Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦΔιοδώρου Η

Translation

Year 150 (or 140). Apollonius son of Diodoros being agoranomos, 8 (or 1/8 or ½)

Diplomatic

L ΝΡ ΑΓΟΑΠΟΛΛΩ ΝΙΟΥ ΤΟΥΔΙΟΔΩΡΟΗ

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
LΜΡ is also possible instead of LΝΡ; H is possibly a weight mark, probably meaning 1/8, or the short form of ἡμι- ("half").

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 4.8 cm; W: 5.2 cm; D: 0.4 cm

Date

400 BCE to 100 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

  • Raised double border with a cornucopia obverse

  • Traces of a diagonal network pattern reverse

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Korzakova, Hava B. “Lead Weights.” In Maresha Excavations Final Report III, 159–73. IAA Reports 45. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2010. insc 9.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Korzakova, Hava B. “Lead Weights.” In Maresha Excavations Final Report III, 159–73. IAA Reports 45. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2010. insc 9.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Korzakova, Hava B. “Lead Weights.” In Maresha Excavations Final Report III, 159–73. IAA Reports 45. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2010. insc 9.
    Zotero
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