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Selection of Byzantine Glass weights representing the different typologies.

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posted on 2016-12-13, 18:57 authored by Nadine Schibille, Andrew Meek, Bendeguz Tobias, Chris Entwistle, Mathilde Avisseau-Broustet, Henrique Da Mota, Bernard Gratuze

(a) Weights with cruciform monogram, belonging to batch 11. (b) Weight with box monogram. (c) Weight with box monogram enclosed by an inscription. (d) Imperial weight with imperial busts and box monogram; (e) Bust of an eparch enclosed by an inscription. Two weights produced with identical die, but different base glasses. (f) So-called Arab-Byzantine weight with pseudo-Cufic inscription. Objects and images under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license with permission from the British Museum, original copyright The Trustees of the British Museum (a-d, f); and from the Bibliothèque nationale de France (e), original copyright IRAMAT-CEB Orléans.

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