Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum Turkey 3 Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 1 Greek and Roman Weights — Oğuz Tekin

Published by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation as part of the Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum CPAI project Prof Dr Oğuz Tekin coordinates on behalf of the Turkish Institute of Ancient Archaeology Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 1 Greek and Roman Weights presents to researchers 635 Greek and Roman weights preserved Nearly five thousand other weights registered in the collection and dated to ancient Mesopotamian Byzantine Seljuk and Ottoman periods are also soon to be published as part of the same series

Published by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation as part of the Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum CPAI project directed by Professor Dr Oğuz Tekin representing TEBE The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 2 Late Roman and Byzantine Weights presents 742 Late Roman and Byzantine weights in the Foundation collection to researchers Grouped under commercial weights coin weights weights made of coins disc shaped weights vessel shaped weights and glass weights these artifacts offer new information for researchers about the Byzantine economic system from the 3rd century to the 13th Continuing the series a new volume covering approximately 5000 weights from ancient Mesopotamia Seljuk and Ottoman periods all registered with the collection is forthcoming

Published by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation as part of the Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum CPAI project Prof Dr Oğuz Tekin coordinates on behalf of the Turkish Institute of Ancient Archaeology Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 1 Greek and Roman Weights presents to researchers 635 Greek and Roman weights preserved Nearly five thousand other weights registered in the collection and dated to ancient Mesopotamian Byzantine Seljuk and Ottoman periods are also soon to be published as part of the same series

Published by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation as part of the Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum CPAI project directed by Professor Dr Oğuz Tekin representing TEBE The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 2 Late Roman and Byzantine Weights presents 742 Late Roman and Byzantine weights in the Foundation collection to researchers Grouped under commercial weights coin weights weights made of coins disc shaped weights vessel shaped weights and glass weights these artifacts offer new information for researchers about the Byzantine economic system from the 3rd century to the 13th Continuing the series a new volume covering approximately 5000 weights from ancient Mesopotamia Seljuk and Ottoman periods all registered with the collection is forthcoming

Published by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation as part of the Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum CPAI project Prof Dr Oğuz Tekin coordinates on behalf of the Turkish Institute of Ancient Archaeology Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 1 Greek and Roman Weights presents to researchers 635 Greek and Roman weights preserved Nearly five thousand other weights registered in the collection and dated to ancient Mesopotamian Byzantine Seljuk and Ottoman periods are also soon to be published as part of the same series

Published by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation as part of the Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum CPAI project Prof Dr Oğuz Tekin coordinates on behalf of the Turkish Institute of Ancient Archaeology Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 1 Greek and Roman Weights presents to researchers 635 Greek and Roman weights preserved Nearly five thousand other weights registered in the collection and dated to ancient Mesopotamian Byzantine Seljuk and Ottoman periods are also soon to be published as part of the same series

Published by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation as part of the Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum CPAI project directed by Professor Dr Oğuz Tekin representing TEBE The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection in the Pera Museum Part 2 Late Roman and Byzantine Weights presents 742 Late Roman and Byzantine weights in the Foundation collection to researchers Grouped under commercial weights coin weights weights made of coins disc shaped weights vessel shaped weights and glass weights these artifacts offer new information for researchers about the Byzantine economic system from the 3rd century to the 13th Continuing the series a new volume covering approximately 5000 weights from ancient Mesopotamia Seljuk and Ottoman periods all registered with the collection is forthcoming

CPAI Turkey 3 151 s b levha İngilizce There are over five thousand weights from the Suna and İnan Kıra ç Foundation Collection at the Pera Museum ranging in date from the Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Greek Roman Byzantine Seljuk and Ottoman periods This large collection will be published in a number of separate volumes as part of the series of Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum The present catalogue is the first volume covering 635 Greek and Roman weights The Roman truncated spheres however were excluded from the present catalogue and will be included in the second volume which will cover the Late Roman and Byzantine weights The majority of the weights in the Suna and İnan Kıra ç Foundation Collection were acquired over a period of thirty years by İnan Kıra ç through various local and international auctions and collectors The catalogue is arranged in two sections the first covers weights in the Greek standard and the second weights in the Roman standard The Greek standard weights 407 are more numerous than the Roman standard weights 228 Some of the Greek standard weights belong to the cities of western Asia Minor For example while the cities of Lysimachea Abydus Alexandria Troas Cyme and Smyrna are represented by one or two weights the weights of Cyzicus Myrina Ephesus and Miletus are larger in number But one may suppose that most of the weights without a civic symbol or ethnikon were also produced or used in the cities of western Asia Minor In addition weights that bear denominational marks on them i e mna hemimnaion tritemorion tetarton hektemorion ogdoon tristateron etc are common in the catalogue Weights of the Roman standard are made up of the litra and its multiples subunits i e litra dilitron semis uncia half uncia siliqua scripulum etc Some weights of the Roman standard bear an inscription in addition to its unit mark so they need detailed further study epigrapically which has been intentionally omitted from the catalogue O ğuz Tekin CONTENTS Preface Abbreviations Plates numbers refer to plates Notes on the Catalogue Greek System Weights with ethnic or civic badge Weights without ethnic Weights with unit mark only Weights with monogram stamps Miscellaneous bronze weights Plain lead weights Roman System Litra and its multiples subunits Weights made from coins Glossary of Units Concordance

CPAI Turkey 3 Part 2 226 s renkli resimler İngilizce There are over five thousand weights from the Suna and İnan Kıra ç Foundation Collection at the Pera Museum ranging in date from the Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Greek Roman Byzantine Seljuk and Ottoman periods This large collection will be published in a number of separate volumes as part of the series of Corpus Ponderum Antiquorum et Islamicorum The first volume covers 635 Greek and Roman weights The Roman truncated spheres are included in the second volume which covers the Late Roman and Byzantine weights The majority of the weights in the Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation Collection were acquired over a period of thirty years by Inan Kirac through various local and international auctions and collectors The present second volume completed in a three year long study covers the Late Roman and Byzantine weights in the same collection The catalogue covers 742 weights 38 of which are of glass The majority of the weights were acquired between 2005 and 2008 In the catalogue 201 weights are grouped under the title of Commercial Weights while 456 weights are grouped under the title of Coin Weights Furthermore the catalogue covers circular weights with concentric circles and bowl shaped weights both of which date to the Middle Byzantine Period