E01821: Bronze rod of a balance scale, inscribed with the name of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023). Found at Daphne (modern Harbiye) near Antioch-on-the-Orontes (north Syria). Probably the 6th c.

Bronze rod of a balance scale with three hooks. L. 0.46 m. The inscriptions are written on four sides of the cuboidal section of the rod.

Housed in the Hatay Archaeology Museum. Copied by Pierre Merlat and René Mouterde. First published by Mouterde in 1953.

Inscription A:

+ τοῦ ἁγίου Σεργίου εἰς τὴν τρίοδον +

'+ (Of the church/monastery) of Saint Sergios at the Crossroads of the Three Ways +'

Inscriptions B-D contain letters and signs corresponding to numbers and fractions, written from right to left. See the enclosed image.

The side with Inscription B begins with three dots, a sign denoting the fraction 1/2, followed by the letter A (= 1). The vertical bars stand for subsequent full numbers and dots for the fractions 1/2. The number 5 is expanded as Ε in the middle of the line.

Inscription C begins with the number 8 (Η) and has the numbers 20 (Κ) and probably 25 (Ε) expanded, respectively in the middle and at the left-hand end of the line.

Inscription D bears expanded numbers from 20 (Κ) to 70 (Ο) and the values 25, 35, 45, etc. (up to 75), marked as Ε.

Text: IGLS 3/2, no. 1074.