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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Weight Impressed with Stamp Seal, Inscribed
Period: Fatimid
Material: Glass
Site: (+)Menorim, H. (3676/0);Tiberias, Sitt Sukaina & Moslem cemet. (3679/11);Tiberias and Hammat (3679/0)
Diameter: 2.7 cm
Description: Glass weight made of pale yellow glass with a central inscription on the obverse and traces of a barely legible inscription on the back, which can be identified based upon a similar glass weight. On the obverse there is an inscription of three lines with another inscription encircling it. It reads as follows: al-Imam al-Hakim b'amri Allah Amir al-Mu'minin, wali' a'hduhu (al-Imam al-Hakim' Commander of the faithful' defender of his faith). Encircling: Bism Allah, la ilah illa Allah wahduhu...la sharika lahu (In the name of God there is no God but God himself he has no equal). Al-Imam al-Hakim was a Fatimid Khalif who rules during the years AH 386-411/996-1021 CE The denomination of the glass weight is not clear. For the use of the glass weights see No. 2012-1516.
Bibliography:
Lester, A. 2004. Addendum: Glass Coin Weights, A vessel Stamp and an Impression of a Stamp Seal. In: Lester, A. The Glass., In: Stacey, D. Excavations at Tiberias, 1973-1974 The Early Islamic Periods.. IAAR 21: 212-220, Fig. 7.18.
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