A HELLENISTIC SCALE WEIGHT FROM 'AKKO.

A rare Hellenistic lead scale weight was retrieved from a Hellenistic-period accumulation layer (L121) excavated behind the moat counterscarp wall in the 'Akko Ottoman fortifications (see Gosker, this volume).2 The well-preserved 'Akko Moat weight sheds new light on the iconography and metrology of a series of weights, as it is similar to a lead weight of the same series found underwater offshore from 'Atlit (Finkielsztejn 2016), and it exhibits some similar features to two other lead weights--one from an excavation at the 'Akko Post Office, and the other from the Moussaief Collection. The 'Akko Moat weight is described here, followed by a description of the three other weights, and a discussion on the dating and the metrology of the weights and the series, 3 and their historical context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]