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1917.41.11

Circular while glass weight [SM (Verve) 17/5/2016]

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1917.41.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
Circular while glass weight [SM (Verve) 17/5/2016]
Long description
White glass weight, circular in shape with a central depression with possible traces of an inscription and raised edge on one surface. [SM (Verve) 17/5/2016]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Person
Field collector Henry Wallis
PRM source Harold Wallis
PRM source Charles Hercules Read
PRM source British Museum
Date
Date collected
By 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 1917
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Pigment, Process Stamped, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 24 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.41.11
Research and responses

The British Museum and Metropolitan Museum collections have several of these objects which are described as a glass "coin weight", used to test the weight of coins. Many of the coin weights have inscriptions in Arabic and were made in Egypt. However, the Metropolitan Museum website also notes that some weights were made in the Byzantine period period in Egypt and stamped in Greek. [SM (Verve) 26/9/2016]

Search terms: Measurement, Writing, Weight, Inscription

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