Title: Weight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress
Object type: Steelyard weight
Date: 5th century
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 7 5/16 × 4 × 2 5/16 in., 2.7 lb. (18.5 × 10.2 × 5.9 cm, 1206g)
Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1969
Department: Medieval Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Portraits, term: Women