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Object Type
Museum number: 1981,0601.5
Description: Glass weight; discoidal, brown, green, stamped with cruciform monogram.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 550-650 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Constantinople (?)
Materials
Type series
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 16.10 millimetres (max); Diameter: 11.20 millimetres (of incuse); Weight: 1.16 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Entwistle 2008 / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum (632); Buckton 1994 / Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine art and culture from British collections (89); Entwistle 2016 / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum (cat.no.637, p.71)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2014 10 Apr - 31 Dec, Denmark, Roskilde, Viking Ship Museum, The World in the Viking Age
Condition: Weathered; surface pitting.
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1981
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1981,0601.5
Conservation

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