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Description: | A very worn cast lead object with a pair of iron loops - probably a Roman steelyard weight. The object is biconical in shape, as typical Roman steelyard weights were (Geake 2001, 67), with one end truncated where the intact iron suspension loop is sited. The other apex of the weight, opposite, is elongated and the iron loop at that end broken. As Geake (2001, 66) notes, one of the loops would have been for suspension and the other would have held a hook on to which the thing being weighed would have been hung. The object's weight at c. 111g equates very approximately to four Roman ounces. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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