File:Roman (possibly) steelyard weight (FindID 116560).jpg

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Roman (possibly) steelyard weight
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julian Watters, 2005-12-08 14:49:15
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Roman (possibly) steelyard weight
Description
English: A Roman lead steelyard weight. The weight is bi-conical, worn and corroded, and has a central iron portion, which protrudes at the bottom and terminates in a broken loop at the top. Overall, the object measures 31.6mm high by 24.4mm wide and weighs 40.32g. Similar weights were found at Bancroft Roman villa (Williams and Zeepvat, 1994, p.347), but were all unstratified metal detector finds.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 43 and 410
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FindID: 116560
Old ref: BH-8461C6
Filename: Steelyard weight 05 187 - 84.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/86228
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/86228
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/116560
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