I 38. Tyras. Designation of weight measure.
Monument
Type
Weight
Material
Marble, gray.
Dimensions (cm)
H. 8.5, W. 8.6, Th. 9.0.
Additional description
Weight in the shape of a cuboid bottom and trapezium prism top. The top part serves as a handle. The inscription is on the flat top surface. It is well worked on all sides, the bottom is scarred with notches, one side is dented.
Place of Origin
Tyras.
Find place
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
Find context
Central area, northern section, grid square кв. 4-ЮВ, 5-ЮЗ, ash pit at the level 15.83-15.60m.
Find circumstances
Found in 1986, excavations of I.B. Kleyman. Field catalogue number БД-86/№ 17б.
Modern location
Odessa.
Institution and inventory
Odessa Archaeological Museum, 89901.
Autopsy
A.I. Ivantchik, August 2006.
Epigraphic field
Position
On the front. Preserved nearly complete; dented on the right. Margins: top and bottom 0,8; left 2,0. H. 2.7, W. 8.0
Lettering
Deeply and neatly cut; adorned with large serifs; however, they are of uneven height and incline.
Letterheights (cm)
2.6-3.1
Text
Category
Numerical designation.
Date
Unknown.
Dating criteria
.
Editions
Unpublished.
<div type="edition" xml:lang="grc">
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><num type="acrophonic" value="3">III</num>
</ab>
</div> Apparatus criticus
Translation
Not attempted.
Commentary
Numerical designation of the weight in acrophonic system - "three." Apparently, the weight was 3 minae.
Images
© 2017 Askold Ivantchik (edition), Irene Polinskaya (translation)
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