Steelyard Weight with Bust of Official
early 6th century (?)
Object PlaceByzantine
Medium/TechniqueLeaded latten (76.1% copper, 16.2% zinc, 5.6% lead, 2.1% tin)
Dimensions9.3 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number61.106
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1961, with Glueckselig and Son, New York; 1961, sold by Glueckselig and Son to the MFA for $350. (Accession date: January 11, 1961)
mid 6th–7th century
about 1500
about 1500
late 6th–early 7th century
7th - 9th century
second half of 15th century (?)
12th century
11th century
10th–11th century
early 14th century
late 14th–15th century