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Description: | A pair of copper-alloy dividers of probable Roman date. They were used for laying out documents and charts.A conical knob, 18mm in diameter and 20.5mm high from the break of the shaft to the tip of the cone, is decorated with transerve grooves in a 'sunburst' pattern from the tip. The shaft of this conical knob is sub-circular and fits through two arms. An identical conical knob was presumably meant to have fitted to the opposite side if the shaft, making the object symmetrical.There are two arms, one of which is almost complete but broken at the tip and projects 60mm from the conical knob. The opposite arm is broken at 11mm. The arms project from a circular section which is the same size and shape as the knob, i.e., 18mm in diameter, and fits flush against the conical knob. This mechanism wiould have allowed the dividers to seperate and move around freely. The arms are decorated with a triangular motif made up of wedge shaped and diagonal grooves.The two arms have been threaded onto the shaft via their circular ends, and are butted tightly up against the back of the the conical knob. They were held in position by a wedge which is now missing.For similar objects on the PAS database, see NARC2571, BH-9F41A2 and DENO-886907, which are recorded as Roman. A similar object was also found at Cirencester and is on display at the museum.
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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