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Description: | Cast copper alloy apothecary weight, square in plan and rectangular in profile and section. Both faces of the weight have the symbol Эÿ in relief within a square border. This is the mark of the value for two scruples, and each scruple weighed 20 grains or 1.296g, so two scruples should weigh 2.592g. This weight weighs 2.6g so it equates to the standard weight. The word 'scruple' comes from the Latin scrupulus or 'a small pointed chipping of stone' and it was the smallest unit in the English apothecaries' system of weights. These weights were used by physicians and apothecaries to measure the ingredients for medical recipes.These apothecaries' weights date from the Post-Medieval period from the 17th to the 19th century (see Withers and Withers, 1995: p. 65; Biggs, 1992: pp. 8-9).
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