The article examines a stone oval object bearing a Linear A inscription on one side and on the other the grooved figure of a fish. The object comes from the wide Sitia area (Eastern Crete) and has been variously interpretated. The present work investigates the possibility that it could have been a balance weight.
"A Stone or a Weight? The Tale of the Fish, the Melon and the Balance" / Alberti, MARIA EMANUELA. - In: ANNALI-ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI NUMISMATICA. - ISSN 0578-9923. - STAMPA. - 45 (1998):(1998), pp. 9-22.
"A Stone or a Weight? The Tale of the Fish, the Melon and the Balance"
Maria Emanuela Alberti
1998
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The article examines a stone oval object bearing a Linear A inscription on one side and on the other the grooved figure of a fish. The object comes from the wide Sitia area (Eastern Crete) and has been variously interpretated. The present work investigates the possibility that it could have been a balance weight.
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