Facebook
sprite-icon-instagram
Twitter
sprite-icon-wechat
Weibo
X
sprite-icon-youtube
sprite-icon-accessible
Group 3
sprite-icon-arrow
sprite-icon-audio-description
sprite-icon-calendar
sprite-icon-camera
UI/Chevron/Large/Black
sprite-icon-chevron
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-copyright
sprite-icon-data
sprite-icon-download
sprite-icon-grid
sprite-icon-image
i
sprite-icon-list
sprite-icon-magazine
sprite-icon-maximise
sprite-icon-museum
sprite-icon-osd-minus
sprite-icon-osd-plus
Group 6
sprite-icon-pin
sprite-icon-plus
sprite-icon-print
Fill 1
sprite-icon-share
sprite-icon-shop
sprite-icon-tag
sprite-icon-tea
sprite-icon-ten-percent-tag
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-wallet
sprite-icon-zoom
Skip to main content
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
Menu
Main navigation
Visit
Toggle Visit submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Visit
—
Visit
—
Family visits
—
Group visits
—
Audio app
—
Out-of-hours tours
—
Tours and talks
—
Object trails
—
Accessibility
—
Food and drink
—
Late opening on Fridays
—
Museum map
Exhibitions and events
Collection
Toggle Collection submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Collection
—
Collection
—
Collection online
—
Galleries
—
Blog
—
The British Museum podcast
Learn
Toggle Learn submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Learn
—
Learn
—
Schools
—
Communities
—
Adult learning
—
Young people
Membership
Toggle Membership submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Membership
—
Membership
—
Members' events
—
Young Friends
—
Existing Members
—
Visiting as a Member
Support us
Toggle Support us submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Support us
—
Donate
—
Corporate support
—
Become a Patron
—
Supporter case studies
—
Become a Volunteer
—
Existing Patrons
—
Leave a legacy
—
American Friends of the British Museum
Secondary navigation
Shop
Search
Donate
Hide menu
weight
Object Type
weight
Museum number
1872,0320.13
Description
Glass weight; discoidal, green, translucent; stamped cruciform monogram within a circle.
Cultures/periods
Early Byzantine
Production date
550-650
(circa)
Materials
glass
Type series
Entwistle B
Technique
stamped
Dimensions
Diameter:
28.50 millimetres
(max)
Diameter:
21 millimetres
(of incuse)
Weight:
4.56 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Entwistle forthcoming / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum
(659)
Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(682)
Schlumberger 1895b / Poids de verre étalons monétiforms d'origine byzantine
(no.25)
Monneret de Villard 1922 / Exagia bizantini in vetro
(no.H 10a)
Petrie 1926a / Glass Stamps and Weights
(pl.24)
Forien de Rochesnard 1973a / Les poids de verre
(no.F 26a)
Forien de Rochesnard 1987 / Album des poids antiques. Vol 3: Rome et Byzance
(no.F 26a)
Bendall 1996 / Byzantine Weights. An Introduction.
(no.202)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Some pitting
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Kyros
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Felix Slade
(Executors of)
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1872,0320.13