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

Dimensions

7 5/16 × 4 × 2 5/16 in., 2.7 lb. (18.5 × 10.2 × 5.9 cm, 1206g)

Classification

Metalwork-Copper alloy

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1969

Accession Number

69.103

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