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• Object type: balance
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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Balance	HAMP-288D25	Roman	Hampshire	xml | csv json
A broken and damaged cast copper-alloy Roman equipoise balance, now incomplete and in two parts. The central suspension lug is broken and both arms are bent and broken; the bent end of one arm was found with it. The balance is circular in cross-section, tapering from the centre towards the centre...
	Balance	NMS-3203E4	Roman	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Fragment of possible steelyard balance comprising a bar, circular-sectioned at broken and bent end becoming oval-sectioned and flattened with possible perforation where broken, single dots alternating with transverse nicks on upper edge. Length (unbent) >73mm.
	Balance	ESS-A9CE96	Roman	Essex	xml | csv json
Incomplete cast copper alloy balance arm. It is sub-rectangular in plan with a sub-rectangular cross section with rounded corners. The arm tapers in thickness and has two collars before the now incomplete suspension loop. There is a worn break at the opposing end. It has a dark green patina. It i...
	Balance	NMS-FCB145	Roman	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Part of beam arm of Romano British equipoise balance: both ends broken. One end is of round section (diameter 4.5mm). Tapering evenly to the other (3mm) which flattens into an incomplete loop, next to a pair of engraved transverse lines. On the opposite side from these lines, starting from the br...
	Balance	WAW-EC9FF8	Roman	Warwickshire	xml | csv json
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy balance scale, its arm missing. The fragment consists of a flat sectioned bar on either side of which are two off-set loops with a third loop on its end. The holes through two of the loops are oval suggesting prolonged wear. The lateral loops are decorated with ...
	Balance	YORYM-9B33F0	Roman	East Riding Of Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A cast copper alloy balance beam, 91.1mm long, 5.1mm wide, 4.7mm thick. One end is flattened out and has a perforation to suspend one of the scales. Next to this is a decorative collar. The beam is sub-rectangular in section at the end, but becomes thicker, more regular and more square along t...
	Balance	WMID328	Roman	Worcestershire	xml | csv json
Set of balances with two hooks and a suspension loop. The balance has a moulded terminus that is bulbous and pointed. The opposite end of the arm is three moulded loops. One at the very end of the arm, one just below and to the left of this and the third c. 28mm from the terminus on top of the ar...
	Balance	NLM5717	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml | csv json
Fragment of a roman balance, decorated with incised dots in a triangular pattern.