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Roman steelyard weight
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Caroline Johnson, 2007-06-06 15:34:14
Title
Roman steelyard weight
Description
English: An incomplete cast lead steelyard weight with iron attachments, probably dating to the Roman period, between AD 43 – 410 (length: 34.5mm; diameter: 26mm; weight: 69.8g).

The weight is bi-conical in shape with a circular section. At the top of the artefact where the bi-conical tip is unevenly rounded, there is an iron loop protruding outwards (length of loop: 8mm; width of loop: 11.5mm; thickness of loop: 3mm). At the opposing base end of the bi-conical weight, there is another corroded iron protrusion (the iron appears to continue through the centre of the weight), which may be the remains of a hook, from which the item being weighed would have hung. Overall, the artefact is in a worn and poor condition.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 163127
Old ref: WMID-5772F7
Filename: WMID-5772F7.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/140674
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/140674
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/163127
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