With quadrangular bar with graduated scale and spherical lead weight, three suspension hooks, the vessel hung by three bronze chains, one finial in the form of a lion's protome
Note Steelyards were popular devices for weighing all kinds of commodities. They were used from the Roman and early Byzantine periods. Thought to have been invented by the Romans, the steelyard was an unequal arm balance with a changeable fulcrum and movable counterweight. The collar with the hooks on long chains was fitted over the shorter end with the various suspension hooks, while the sliding counterweight moved along the other end of the long calibrated rod. Cf. Vitruvius' description in his "De Architectura," Book X, 3-4.
Period
Roman period, 2nd century A.D.
Bar: 72.4 cm (28 1/2 in.) high Steelyard weight: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Art market, London, 1985 Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above
F. B. Tarbell Catalogue of bronzes, etc., in Field Museum of natural history. Reproduced from Originals in the Mational Museum of Naples, in: Anthopological series vol. VII, no. 3, pls. 108-109
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