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Weight or Finial
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Convex lead object of unknown purpose (perhaps a weight or a finial of a staff), with a perforation of circular section (1.5 cm diameter) in its vertical axis.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Joseph Clark Hoppin Boston MA (by 1925) bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1925.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Title: Weight or Finial
Description:
Convex lead object of unknown purpose (perhaps a weight or a finial of a staff), with a perforation of circular section (1.
5 cm diameter) in its vertical axis.
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