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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: Unknown
Diameter: 2.5 cm
Description: Glass weight made of greenish glass. Broken along the lower right edge. Its weight of 4 grams is compatible with the weight of a gold dinar coin (the weight recorded between 4.17 to 4.27 grams) This type was used on a scale to verify the weight of a dinar and prevent fraud. Thus it could be ensured that the value was genuine and its edges had not been clipped. The obverse carries an inscription with the name of the Fatimid khalif Al-Musta'ly 1094-1011 CE. It reads; Ahmad al-Imam abu al-Ka[sem] al-Musta'ly billah Amir al-Muninin Translation: Ahmad, the Imam abu-alKa[sem] al-Musta'ly billah, comander of the faithful. A miniature tendril with two branches, decorates the lower part of the weight.
Bibliography:
Petrie, F. 1926. Glass Stamps and Weights. London, 25, XIX: 587.
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Weight Impressed with Stamp Seal  
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