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Bar Kokhba weights are weights that were used during the Bar Kokhba revolt. Of the seven weights found so far, six weights originated from the antiquities market, and only one was found in an archeological survey.

Weights with Hebrew inscriptions

Four weights are from the Bar Kokhba period, on which the inscription is inscribed using the square Hebrew alphabet.

One lead weight was found in 1987 by Yair Zoran in an underground hideout in Horvat Alim near Beit Guvrin. The weight was published by Amos Kloner. The weight is 803 grams (1.770 lb), decorated with a stylish rosette and surrounded by a Hebrew inscription. Kloner mentioned in his article that an additional weight was bought in 1967 for the Eretz Israel Museum but was stolen in 1976. It weighed about 400 grams (14 oz). Until the weight was found in 1987, it was not known that this weight belonged to the Bar Kokhba period. Another two weights that Kloner mentions were published by Baruch Lipschitz, one of them weighed 210 grams (7.4 oz), while the other weighed 205 grams (7.2 oz).

Weights with Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions

Three other weights originating in the antiquities market bear an inscription in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet.

In 2001, Robert Deutsch published another weight which weighed 421 grams (14.9 oz). It is inscribed in the Ancient Hebrew alphabet: Shimon, Son of Kosba, Prince of Israel. It was purchased by Shlomo Moussaieff. In 2003, Deutsch published another weight weighing 215 grams (7.6 oz), with an inscription in the ancient Hebrew alphabet: Shimon, Prince of Israel.

References

1. Kloner, Amos (1989). "A Weight from the Bar-Kochba Water in a Hiding System at Horbat Galim". Nekarot Tzurim. 15: 95–101.
2. Kloner, Amos (1990). "Lead Weight of Bar Kokhba's Administration". Israel Exploration Journal. 40: 58–67.
3. Deutsch, Robert (2001). "A Lead Weight of Shimon Bar Kokhba". Israel Exploration Journal. 51: 96–98. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
4. Deutsch, Robert (2003). "A Further Lead Weight of Shimon Bar Kokhba". INJ. 15. Archived from the original on 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2017-10-16.

v t e Bar Kokhba revolt
Part of the Jewish–Roman wars
Origins	Judaea First Jewish–Roman War Aelia Capitolina
Military engagements	Siege of Betar
Belligerents and leaders	Bar Kokhba state Simon bar Kokhba Yeshua ben Galgula Rabbi Akiva Eleazar of Modi'im Roman Empire Hadrian Quintus Tineius Rufus Sextus Julius Severus Gaius Quinctius Certus Poblicius Marcellus
Archaeology	Bar Kokhba hiding complexes Khirbet Almit Khirbet Kelafa Kiryat Arbaya Khirbet Jamjum Khirbet el-Qutt Hazan caves Horvat Burgin Horvat 'Eqed Horvat 'Ethri Horvat Midras Tel Goded Tel Lavnin Bar Kokhba refuge caves Cave of Horror Cave of Letters Wadi Murabba'at El-Jai cave Te'omim Cave Small findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Zuz Archive of Babatha
Aftermath	Ten Martyrs Syria Palaestina History of the Jews in the Roman Empire
Related topics	Cassius Dio Messiah in Judaism Lamentations Rabbah Legio Legio XXII Deiotariana Koseiba Tur Shimon Rabbinic stance on Bar Kokhba revolt
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• 2nd-century artifacts
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