Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook

400–450

Date

400–450

Culture or place

Byzantine

Medium

Copper alloy, filled with lead, brass hook

Size

9 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 13/16 in., 12.5 lb. (24.2 × 11.5 × 7.1 cm, 5664g) Other (Hook): 8 7/8 × 3 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in., 0.4 lb. (22.6 × 7.6 × 3.2 × 0.7 cm, 176g)

Type

Metalwork-Copper alloy

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed