{"product_id":"balance-weights-in-the-aegean-world-classical-and-hellenistic-periods","title":"Balance Weights in the Aegean World - Classical and Hellenistic Periods","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorically, balance weights are as old as the balances themselves. Actually, balance and weight examples of Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Hittite civilisations are known from wall paintings, reliefs, papyri and collections. However, the scope of this book is the balance weights produced and used in the Aegean world during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Balance weights were among the instruments of public sphere (instrumenta publica) of antiquity and they constitute an important group of antiquities worth studying for their unit marks, symbols, depictions, inscriptions and ornaments. However, balance weights have been among the most neglected artefacts within archaeological research. Certainly, this work at handbook level should not be expected to fill the gap entirely, but rather call attention to this field. The examples were chosen from the city-states in the Aegean world and cover only those which bear ethnic or symbol (parasemon).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScope, material, and sources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory of research in the light of basic publications\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. AN OVERVIEW OF WEIGHTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForm, material, and manufacture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymbols (parasema) and other depictions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenominations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthnic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eState guarantee (Demosion)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. WEIGHT SYSTEMS, STANDARDS AND SOLON’S REFORM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeight systems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandards and changes in the standards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolon’s reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. MARKET PLACES AND MARKET CONTROLLERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgoras and their functions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagistrates in charge of the agora and the weights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. CITIES AND THEIR WEIGHTS 35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAthens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorinth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlympia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlynthos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThasos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaroneia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAinos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysimachia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBisanthe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eByzantion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKalchedon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyzikos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLampsakos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbydos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTenedos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGentinos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandria Troas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkepsis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyrina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmyrna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChios\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKolophon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEphesos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriene\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiletos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlabanda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerakleia under Latmos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhodos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGENERAL EVALUATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDICES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Balances, steelyards and steelyard weights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Civic weights under the Roman Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIMAGE SOURCES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTECHNICAL ABBREVIATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLOSSARY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePLATES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43108887494754,"sku":"9786054701957","price":900.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0881\/2386\/files\/terazi_agirliklari_ingilizce.jpg?v=1783791847","url":"https:\/\/www.arkeolojisanat.com\/products\/balance-weights-in-the-aegean-world-classical-and-hellenistic-periods","provider":"Arkeoloji ve Sanat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}