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Object Type
Museum number: 1980,0611.31
Description: Glass weight; discoidal, dark blue; stamped with cruciform monogram.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 550-650 (circa)
Materials
Type series
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 22.80 millimetres (max); Diameter: 10.50 millimetres (of incuse)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Entwistle 2008 / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum (668); Entwistle 2016 / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum (cat.no.668, p.75); Qedar 1979 / Münz Zentrum Auktion XXVII. Gewichte aus drei Jahrtausenden, Teil II. (no.4178)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Slightly weathered with minimal pitting on base.
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1980
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1980,0611.31

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