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Hemispherical small weight made of limestone, 2.38 g, most likely 1/5 shekel of a shekel standard of 11,40 g, engraved with 4 vertical stroke (= 4 Gerah, as a shekel was equal of 20 Gerah). Overbeck – Meshorer no. A55.

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Hemispherical small weight made of limestone, 7.70 g (most likley = 3/4 shekel or 15 Gerah), engraved with Nym in Paleo-Hebrew script. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A56.

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Hemispherical stone weight with some chipping, 44.46 g, most likely a 4 shekel weight. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A57.

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Hemispherical stone weight with some chipping, 44.38 g, most likely a 4 shekel weight. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A58.

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Conical stamp seal made of glass, height 17 mm, widest diameter 15 mm, spotted patina, engraved with the depiction of a palm tree with date clusters (symbolising the tree of life), flanked by two wild goats. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A53.

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Reign of Agrippa II ? Cheese loaf-like weight made of white limestone with brown patina, greatest diameter 10 cm, height ca. 5.5 cm, engraved with: L Ɛ βασιλέ|ως | Ἀγρίππου | Ἀθάμα (Year 5 of [the reign] of King Agrippa. [Weight] of Athamas).

Overbeck – Meshorer no. A59.

Prima facie, it is unclear, whether the king mentioned in this inscription is Agrippa I or Agrippa II. The lack of Agrippa I’s title 'megas’ may be used as an argument for the identification of the king, after whose reign the weight is dated, with Agrippa II. The name of the owner of this weight, Athamas, is of great interest: Athamas is a very rare Greek mythological name, but it is highly improbable to find a bearer of this name, which falls back to a Boiotian and Thessalian hero, in Judaea. Also the use of the wrong genitive form Athama instead of Athamantos (cf. W. Pape – G. Benseler, Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen I, A-K, Braunschweig 1911, 23) shows that we are not dealing with a Greek living in Judaea but with a Jew. Agrippa II’s realm mainly comprised of territories with a mixed population, where Greek was used as a common language (cf. the language used for the inscription) and where many Jews tried to become integrated in the existing society while maintaining their religious and cultural identity as far as possible. This endeavour is reflected by the names given to Jewish children in this area or generally in the diaspora. Quite often Jewish parents gave their children Greek names which could be understood as translations of Hebrew names (e.g. Salome = Eirene, Theodoros = Nathanael, Gelasios = Itzhak), as allusions to them (Leontios = Juda) or homonyms of Hebrew names (Jason = Joshua). Athamas, the name inscribed into the weight, belongs to the last category: It is the hellenised form of the Jewish name Adam; cf. e.g. J. Mélèze-Modrzejewski, Les tourments de Paul de Tarse, in: Symposion 1988. Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Siena – Pisa, 6.-8. Juni 1988), Köln/Wien 1990, 320 f. In coming to a conclusion, this weight bears witness to both the situation in Agrippa II's kingdom and the Jews’ difficult life in the diaspora.

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Glass pendant, 18 mm, showing the menorah, flanked by shofar and lulav. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A65.

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Glass pendant, 18 mm, showing the menorah, flanked by shofar and lulav. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A66.

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Bronze finger ring, 18 mm showing the menorah, flanked by lulav and shofar.

Overbeck – Meshorer no. A 67.

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Ring plate of a bronze finger ring showing the menorah flanked by shofar and lulav indicated only by two vertical strokes. Overbeck – Meshorer no. A68.

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Lead bulla, 18 mm, showing the menorah flanked by two objects which may be identified as shofar and lulav; on the rev. IAC in Greek characters (which could be interpreted as the first three letters of the name Ἰάσων = Joshua). Overbeck – Meshorer no. A69.

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Silver amulet against the devil, evil eye, fever and chills, 30 x 40 mm, engraved with 11 lines of a text drawn up in Hebrew. The small and fragile object was originally rolled and enclosed in a capsule. Meshorer tried to decipher the difficult legible text: "This amulet is for Shimon, the son of Shapira against all [evils?] like the Satain, the evil eye, fever and chills, [especially against the Daemon who causes chills. In the name of the god of Israel" – 4 lines of magical letters and symbols – ...] God’s divine presence upon my head [... – ...] chase away the Satan [ ..., ] the Lord of heavenly armies ... God – of Israel".

Overbeck – Meshorer no. A70.

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Glass pendant, , showing a lion with raised tail, striding to the l., above it crescent. In this case, we cannot be sure that the lion is an allusion to Judah. The crescent above the animal rather indicates that the image refers to a star constellation or only to that of sun and moon.

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