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Description: | A cast lead steelyard weight. In profile the weight is an asymmetrical biconvex shape, which is circular in section. The upper apex of the weight has iron protruding; originally this would have formed a loop. The surface of the weight has a recent scrape revealing dark grey metal, otherwise the surface is a mid grey/cream colour. The weight weighs 762g and measures 52.05mm long, and 54.75mm in diameter.
The weight is likely to be Romano-British, dating to mid 1st to mid third century. Barford, Blockley and Day (1984 ?A Romano-British Steelyard From Marshfield, Avon?.) illustrate a similar shaped weight dating to the Roman period, as does Allason-Jones and Miket (1984 Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort Gloucester), Nos. 8.46 and 8.47. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 50
250 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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