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Description: | A possible arm from a Roman steelyard. The copper-alloy object is bent, but would presumably once have been straight. It is oval in section with eight bands of decoration just below its terminal end (the other end appears to have been broken). The complete end consists of an eye, preceeded by a lozengiform knop. Through the eye a copper-alloy loop is still attached. The artefact does not have the familiar marks made for measurement common on most steelyards and this suggests that it may not in fact have been such. However, this appears to be the best match, and other parallels are hard to find. One similar example is illustrated in Crummy's report on the small finds from Roman Colchester (1983, page 167; fig 4648), and is described as unidentified, but probably the handle of a toilet instrument, or of a mirror. Such an identification, is therefore also a possible contender for this item.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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