QMI-INS-055ha · c. 125–126 AH
Bronze Weight of Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, Baysān
صنجة سعيد بن عبد الملك البرونزية، بيسان
Baysān, Palestine; found in 1990 in the Hebrew University excavations
- الإطار: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم [لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له] محمد رسول الله
- الوسط: أمر الأمير
- سعيد بن عبد
- الملك على يد[ي ...]
Margin: In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate; [there is no god but God alone, He has no partner;] Muḥammad is the messenger of God. Centre: Ordered by the Amīr Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, at the hands of [...]
Half of a bronze weight, found in 1990 in the excavations of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University at Baysān. It is a disc of highly leaded copper alloy, 5 cm across and 1.3 cm thick, of the type used for weights under Byzantine rule; the surviving half weighs 83.78 g. Its Arabic legend is set in two fields: a margin between two raised circles, carrying the basmalah and the profession of faith, and a central field naming the official who ordered the weight. The lower half, which probably carried the name of the maker and perhaps the date, the place of manufacture and the weight, is lost.
Source: Khamis, Elias. “A Bronze Weight of Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik from Bet Shean/Baysān.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 3rd series, 12, no. 2 (2002): 143–154.