Commercial weights in Hellenistic and Roman Southern Levant: Towards a first atempt at synthesis

Delmeulle, Matthieu
(2023) AKMED SYMPOSIUM – SHOPPING AND WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD AND BEYOND THROUGHOUT HISTORY — Location: Antalya (27.November.2023)

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This presentation will unveil the results of the first-ever endeavor to consolidate the commercial weights of the Southern Levant produced during Hellenistic and Roman times into a single comprehensive work. Despite being the subject of various individual publications, these weights have never been collectively studied. To address this gap, a state-of-the-art review was conducted, aiming to stimulate further research. From this review, the general characteristics of the evolution of Southern Levant weights during the Hellenistic and Roman eras could be discerned. Greek, Roman, and indigenous elements are intermingled and separated in response to the ebb and flow of political, economic, and social events. Amidst the interplay of disruption and continuity, these commercial weights allow us to assemble the mosaic of a complex multicultural landscape.
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Delmeulle, M. (2023). Commercial weights in Hellenistic and Roman Southern Levant: Towards a first atempt at synthesis. AKMED SYMPOSIUM – SHOPPING AND WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD AND BEYOND THROUGHOUT HISTORY, Antalya. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/271698