Agora Publication: Agora X
Title:   Weights, Measures and Tokens
Author:   Lang, M.
    Crosby, M.
Abstract:   The first part of this book deals with weights (14 bronze, 109-111 lead, 28 stone) and measures (75 dry, 28-31 liquid). Although humble objects, the detailed study of these everyday items provides archaeological evidence for substantial changes in weight standards at different times in Athenian history. This reinforces literary evidence for a highly centralized bureaucracy controlling trade and commerce. In the second part of the book, Crosby catalogues and discusses some 900 lead and 46 clay tokens uncovered during the Agora excavations. The bulk of the lead material dates from the Roman period, while all the clay pieces belong to the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries B.C. These tokens served diverse functions. Some were used as admission tickets for festivals and theater performances while others can be related to attendance at lawcourts or receipt of tax payments.
Publication Place:   Princeton
Publisher:   American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Volume:   10
Date:   1964
Page:   iii-v+vii+ix-xii+1-69+71-146
ISBN:   978-0-87661-210-1
OCLC:   310501
DOI:   10.2307_3601970
References:   Publication Pages (195)
Plans and Drawings (6)
Objects (993)
Deposits (87)