Weight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress

Unknown Artist

5th century

Weight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper alloy, filled with metal

Dimensions

5 1/2 × 2 11/16 × 1 3/4 in., 3.5 lb. (13.9 × 6.9 × 4.5 cm, 1574g)

Classification

Metalwork-Copper alloy

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Adra M. Newell, 1966

Accession Number

67.154.1

Tags

Women

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