Coin weight / Glass
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1964.02.0014
- Object Name
- Coin weight
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Weights and Measures
- Materials
- Glass
- Weight
- 226.9g
- Pierced
- 161
- Inscribed
- 160
- Full Artifact Description
- Large weight. Double-stamped, this weight was likely used for weighing a substantial quantity of metal currency or various commodities sold in retail transactions. The irregular rectangle shape is somewhat unusual for weights of this heft, as pound weights were more commonly formed in the shape of rings. Green glass (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Earliest Date
- 700
- Latest Date
- 1199
- Verbatim Date
- 8th - 12th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Production Site
- 140
- Countermark
- 161
- Exhibition Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Contributions to Arabic Metrology
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Miles, G.
- Publication Year
- 2014
- 0000
- Class Title
- Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
- Class Instructor
- Gruber, Christiane
- Class Department
- HISTART
- Class Number
- 490.001
- Class Year
- 2020
- Class Semester
- 776
- Type Category
- 30
Technical Details
- Record
- 1964.02.0014
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1964.02.0014/dsc_3659.jpg
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"Coin weight; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1964.02.0014/dsc_3659.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 18, 2024.
