Weight, balance

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Weight, balance

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1117

Description

Balance weight of lead from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 160 - 180 AD

Use

This weight would have been attached to the steelyard to weight the items against.

Context

The steelyard balance was used to weigh items. This could have been associated with trading or buying materials.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1117

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Scale, Lever

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Scale

Nomenclature Class

Weights & Measures T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

steelyards

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

II.15.170

Material

Lead

Color

White

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" Pl. LXXXII. 16.