Abstract
Abstract'. The Khirbet Ibtin cuboid weight, sculpted with an image of a sleeping Eros, was found in a house of a Roman village-possibly ancient Gamada/Gamda-situated in Western Galilee. The article places the weight within the frame of cuboid weights from other sites outside the Land of Israel; explores the issue of marked and unmarked weight values; the iconography, provenance and craftsmanship of the weight; and the significance the Khirbet Ibtin weight, ornamented with a sleeping Eros, could have had where agriculture was the essence of the settlement.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 151-168 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Scripta Classica Israelica |
| Volume | 40 |
| State | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Brick-like weights
- Cuboid weights
- Eros on weights
- Hellenistic and roman stone weights
- Khirbet ibtin
- Marble weights
- Sleeping eros iconography
- Unmarked weight values
- Western galilee