| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2862 | |
| Title: | BRONZE STEELYARD BAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 2862 | |
| Description: | Bronze quadrilateral steelyard bar with weight scales on each side. Decorative knob at the upper end; below it, on opposite sides, two small bars extending out at right angles. The indications of scale are as follows: a) on two adjoining sides pounds divided into twelve ounces (pounds are indicated by tall vertical lines, half pounds by lines with dots at the top, five (or six) pounds by V); b) on the other two adjoining sides pounds divided by ones, fives, and tens (the two latter indicated by V and X). | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., lower end broken off. | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | according to Corinth 12 | |
| Findspot Description: | N. of Peribolos of Apollo. 1929. | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1662 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: bw 3996 |
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