150 dpi image of T.Duk.inv. 4 Title: Lead Weight
Author: Marcus Aurelius Basilides son of Orphitus
Place: Ionia?
7.5 cm. x 7.5 cm. with a pierced handle of 2.0 cm height used to hang the
weight from the scale. Mold made. One side has inscribed in a recessed square
the weight, LEITRA, i.e. one liter. The letters were cut into the mold and are
thus raised on the lead weight. There are four erotes? in the four corners of
the incused square.The sides of the incused square are decorated with hatching
as is the outer edge of the weight.
The other side has the name of the agoranomos M(arkos) AUR(elios) BASILEIDOU
ORPHITOU AGORANOMOU (In Greek letters). The name is written in a circle which
is formed of a double circle with hatches. There are scattered hatch marks on
the surface outside the circle. The letters are slightly raised and were thus
cut into the mold. They are carelessly made and impinge in some cases on the
circle itself.
Avoirdupois weight is 12.1 ounces.
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