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<p>[QUOTE="ancientcoinguru, post: 2702725, member: 75563"]Here are 2 artifacts I purchased together that are way different in size</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]608621[/ATTACH] </p><p>3,000 BC and later</p><p><b>Egyptian Clay Heiroglyphic Plaque</b>. Most likely a receipt or token. White and gray patina</p><p>3.84gm - 20 x 28 x 5 mm.</p><p>Side 1: 2 registers, one with a grazing quadruped, possibly an elk, the 2nd with 1 or more Plummet(s). </p><p>Side 2: 3 registers with triangle (another Plummet?), 'X' and what looks to be a branch. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]608622[/ATTACH] </p><p>3rd-4th century AD</p><p><b>Byzantine Terracotta Loom Weight</b> holed at the top for suspension. Reddish brown patina</p><p>over 100 gm (too heavy for my coin scale) 85x53x15mm</p><p>Reference: Corinth Volume XII #2919, Caesaria Maritima 279, Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessalonika, room 2 listed as 3rd – 7th AD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancientcoinguru, post: 2702725, member: 75563"]Here are 2 artifacts I purchased together that are way different in size [ATTACH=full]608621[/ATTACH] 3,000 BC and later [B]Egyptian Clay Heiroglyphic Plaque[/B]. Most likely a receipt or token. White and gray patina 3.84gm - 20 x 28 x 5 mm. Side 1: 2 registers, one with a grazing quadruped, possibly an elk, the 2nd with 1 or more Plummet(s). Side 2: 3 registers with triangle (another Plummet?), 'X' and what looks to be a branch. [ATTACH=full]608622[/ATTACH] 3rd-4th century AD [B]Byzantine Terracotta Loom Weight[/B] holed at the top for suspension. Reddish brown patina over 100 gm (too heavy for my coin scale) 85x53x15mm Reference: Corinth Volume XII #2919, Caesaria Maritima 279, Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessalonika, room 2 listed as 3rd – 7th AD.[/QUOTE]
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