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Object Type
Museum number: 1986,0406.20
Description: Glass weight; pear-shaped; green; stamped denominational mark of three lines flanked by two dots stamped on face.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 6thC-7thC
Materials
Type series
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 26.20 millimetres (max); Weight: 3.09 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Entwistle 2008 / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum (773); Schlumberger 1895b / Poids de verre étalons monétiforms d'origine byzantine (no.384); Forien de Rochesnard 1973b / Les poids de verre (no. G 3); Forien de Rochesnard 1987 / Album des poids antiques. Vol 3: Rome et Byzance (no. G 3); Entwistle 2016 / A Catalogue of the Late Roman and Byzantine Weights and Weighing Equipment in the British Museum (cat.no.773, p.88)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Base slightly chipped
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1986,0406.20

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