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Description: | A Roman steelyard weight dating to c. 2nd century AD.The weight is of bi-conical shape with an iron loop at one apex for suspension.Length: 56.7mm, diameter: 57.00mm, weight: 792g.Such weights would sometimes have a loop at either end, one is for suspension and the other holds a hook on which to hang the thing being weighed. The Roman Weight system is as follows: 1 siliqua = 0.19g, 6 siliquae = 1g, 1 scripulum = 1.14g, 3 scripula = 1 drachama = 3.41g, 8 drachma = 1 uncia = 27. 3g, 12 unciae = 1 libra = 327.5g (the Roman pound). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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