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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy steelyard balance arm of Roman date (c.50-300AD).The fragment consists of the looped terminal and is broken at the junction with the graduated bar. It is broadly sub-rectangular in plan with two complete & one incomplete projecting loops on the external edges; one (incomplete) positioned on the upper edge (near to the break), one on the terminal / end, and the third on the lower edge (next to the complete terminal).These loops would have allowed the object/s being weighed or the weights themselves to be hung from the steelyard arm. In cross section the arm is broadly rectangular. All three loops are well formed and relatively sturdy (thick). The break on the balancing arm is old and patinated.The steelyard balance arm measures: 27.62mm length, 15.11mm width (7.78mm without projecting loops), is 2.45mm thick. It weighs 3.3 grams.Similar complete steelyard balances can be seen in Crummy, 1983, pages 99-100, dating to the period 60-61 AD.References:Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust
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