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Steelyard weight in the form of a hand holding a Globus
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
4th-7th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1970.505
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Weights and measures
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 124.
DescriptionSteelyard weight, in the form of the gloved hand of an emperor, grasping the orb of power (orbs domina).
ProvenanceSaid to come from Constantinople. By 1964, purchased in Philadelphia by Cornelius C. Vermeule III (b. 1925 - d. 2008) and Emily T. Vermeule (b. 1928 - d. 2001), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1970, gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Emily T. Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1970).
NOTE: This object was first lent to the MFA in 1964.
NOTE: This object was first lent to the MFA in 1964.