Tools and EquipmentGreek4th-2nd century BCE

Lead Weight

4th-2nd century BCE

Description

Square lead weight, rounded edges, with a depiction of an amphora on one side. The amphora has two handles and an elaborate base. Equivalent to 1/3 of a stater. There is some surface corrosion.

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Medium

Lead

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

1.3 × 5.5 × 5.2 cm (1/2 × 2 3/16 × 2 1/16 in.) 314.8 g

Provenance

Dr. F. Bassermann-Jordan, Deidesheim, Rhineland-Palatia, first quarter of the 20th century. Purchase, [Axel G. Weber, Kunsthandel GMBH, Cologne, mid 1990's-1998], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1998-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.