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.
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.
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