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Description: | A Roman copper alloy fragment of a steelyard arm (circa 43-410 AD). The steelyard is a scale with beam arms of unequal length. The body of the arm is rectangular and would have been wider than the other arm. There are three loops projecting from the arm; one from the end with a moulded collar, one adjacent on the lower edge and one at the opposite end on the upper edge. These loops were used to hang the material to be weighed. There is a groove extending down the midline of the arm and the lower and upper edges have diagonal incised lines that continue around the edge of one of the loops. The copper alloy has a pale green patina. Dimensions: length: 50.65mm; thickness: 4.05mm; weight: 10.85g. Reference: Crummy, N. 1995. The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979. Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester. P. 99-100 no. 2508.
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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