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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy steelyard balance arm of Roman date. It is flat, rectangular in form and terminates at both ends in old breaks. On the upper surface of one end is an integrally cast but incomplete circular or oval loop, with a second similar incomplete loop visible at the lower surface of the opposite end. The areas around both loops and each end have extensive corrosion and encrustation due to post-depositional damage. The surviving fragment measures 29.58mm in length, 16.53mm in height, 4.44mm in thickness and 4.61g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman steelyard balance arm. Similar examples are noted from Colchester (Crummy, 1983: no. 2508) and on the PAS database (e.g. SF-6A3703, SF-843FA5 or SF-F752D8). It is of Roman date, c.43-410 AD.
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