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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Weight 
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: Limestone
Site: Jerusalem, City of David
Height: 6.5 cm
Diameter: 8.3 mm
Description: Two holes perforated in the center of the weight in order to fill it with metal for recalibration.
Bibliography:
Zilberstein A and Nissim Ben Efraim N 2013. The Early Roman Stone Scale Weights. In: D Ben-Ami. Jerusalem, Excavations in The Tyropoeon Valley (Giv'ati Parking Lot) Volume I. IAAR 52: 229-236, Fig. 10.2: 20.

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