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Season 2004
Record Type (Object or Artifact) Object
Registration # (Identifier) B040002
Field # (Identifier) 1
Site (code) U
Field B
Square 8K21
Locus 1
Pail 2
Designation Coin
Designation certainty Certain
Period (context) UD - sift pile
Period (object) Hellenistic
Shape Circular
Shape modifier Nearly
Material Bronze
Material (note) Bronze
Color 5G 4/1
Preservation Complete
Percent 100.0
Craftsmanship Moderate
Decoration Stamped
Weight (g) 5.6
Thickness (cm) 0.3
Diameter (cm) 1.5
Perforation diameter (cm) 0.0
# Pieces 1
Allocation DoA
Comments Obverse head of Ptolemy(?) very worn; Reverse eagle and BASILEOS in Greek, not all letters visible.
Parallels MPP 7, fig. 9.69, B000017, p. 426 (same style of coin, though the one here has a trident carved into the reverse). Hesban 12, #2477, p. 309 (most likely the same, though not pictured). Tel el-Fûl 1964, AASOR 45, p. 178, fig. 22.5.
Drawn False
Photographed True
Photographer (Note) M. Widmer/John McDowell
Stratum 1
B040002B
B040002A
ObjRegForm B040002 (B8K21001)
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Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
bronze (metal) info
Vocabulary: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus
Open Context References: bronze (metal) hub
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "B040002 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 8K21/Locus B-8K21-001". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/bd708cab-649a-44bd-91fe-61a9e5af8795> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2g73tp88

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