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Roman steelyard weight
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Service, Amy Downes, 2009-02-19 18:25:44
Title
Roman steelyard weight
Description
English: A finely moulded steelyard weight in the form of a human female head dating from the Roman period. The weight has a copper alloy skin filled with lead. There is faint ferrous corrosion at the top where a loop may have been attached. The woman has carefully moulded hair drawn into a loose French pleat at the back with a small bun at the nape of the neck. There is a hole in the top of the head where the lead filling and iron staining is visible. Her face is plump with a narrow mouth, heavily lidded eyes and her nose is damaged. Instead of a neck is another oval opening through which the lead filling is visible. Similar objects recorded on the database include HAMP-BD4D67 and NARC-7A7B81. The weight is 29.68mm long, 27.35mm wide and 23.59mm thick. It weighs 72.79g, which, allowing for the weight of the missing loop may be about a quarter of a Roman pound.
Depicted place (County of findspot) York
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 247442
Old ref: SWYOR-DA4426
Filename: PAS 957 steel yard.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/202707
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/202707
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/247442
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Object location53° 54′ 33.48″ N, 1° 08′ 31.2″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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