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Description: | Roman lead steelyard weight, rather crude in appearance, but apparantly taking the form of a bust with a (broken) loop projecting from the top of the head.The shoulders are the widest part (15.6mm wide and 7.6mm thick). From here there is no obvious neck and the head sits on the shoulders. It has a prominent nose, which constitutes the thickest part of the weight (12mm).The weight stands 25.4mm high (the loop is broken to the side) and weighs 20.23g. The loop piercing is 1.5mm in diameter.Weights taking the form of a bust are not uncommon. Compare with WILT-34E9B8 from Lacock, a copper alloy weight in the form of a female bust. Also compare with Allason-Jones and Miket 1984 nos. 3.472 and 3.473, and an example in the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes, again from Lacock.
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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