Images
Location
MARE0218
Maresha, Fifth to second centuries BCE. Lead weight. Label.
Transcription ἀγορανομούντων
τοθξρ
Lἔτους
η
ΜενεκράτουἈθηνοδώρου |
Translation (?) the eigth year, Menekratos and Athenodoros being agoronomoi |
Diplomatic ΑΓΟΡΑΝΟΜΟΥΝΤΩΝΤΟΘΞΡLH
ΜΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΟΥΑΘΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΥ |
- Terminus post quem:
- Terminus ante quem:
Languages
Greek
Dimensions
H: 5 cm; W: 4.8 cm; D: 0.3-0.5 cm
Date
400 BCE to 100 BCE
Current location
No provenance provided.
Figures
Raised border with zig-zag decoration obverse
Diagonal newtwork pattern reverse
Dividing lines separate each line of text (except between L1 and L2); between L3 and L4 the line forms a loop in the center obverse
Bibliography
Source of diplomatic
- ZoteroKorzakova, Hava B. “Lead Weights.” In Maresha Excavations Final Report III, 159–73. IAA Reports 45. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2010.
Source of transcription
- ZoteroKorzakova, Hava B. “Lead Weights.” In Maresha Excavations Final Report III, 159–73. IAA Reports 45. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2010.
Source of translation
- ZoteroKorzakova, Hava B. “Lead Weights.” In Maresha Excavations Final Report III, 159–73. IAA Reports 45. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2010.
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