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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: Rehovot, Weizmann Institute
Diameter: 2.25 cm
Description: Intact glass weight made of dark brown glass with a circular inscription. For the use of glass weights, see glass eight no. . 1990-1282. The inscription includes the name of the Fatimid Khalif Az-Zahir who ruled between 1021-1036 CE/411-427 AH. The inscription reads al-Amir Az-Zahir le'Azyz din Allah .Based upon its weight of 3.95 grams it can be asumed that it was used to verify the weight of a one dirham coin.
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Weight Impressed with Stamp Seal  
Photographer :Clara Amit

Weight Impressed with Stamp Seal  
Photographer :Clara Amit




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