Balance or Weight

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Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum
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Title:
Balance or Weight
Date:
3rd-4th century C.E. (probably)
Description:
Bronze balance or weight from a steelyard arm. Form of a hollow female bust, probably a Tyche, with triple headdress. Large loop on back of head. Condition: Good. Base of base very slightly chipped.
Type:
Weights/Measures
Geographic region:
Egypt
Time period:
Roman Period
Provenance:
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Medium:
Bronze
Extent:
2 5/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 in., 0.1 lb. (6.7 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm, 46.35 g)
Rights:
Creative Commons-BY
Identifier:
Accession Number: 16.325
Is part of:
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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