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Record ID: PUBLIC-B36F14
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy, Roman steelyard weight in the shape of a female bust, AD 43-410. The weight is moulded in high relief, with silver studs inset into the eyes of the figure. The figure wears a tall rounded helmet, which may have represented the goddess Minerva, similar to finds from South Shields, Figures 394, 472 and 473. The torso has no arms and bears a representation of a sleeve-less garment with a high neckline and three circular decorations across the chest. The bust is also moulded on the back showing the neckline of the garment and two lines moving down to the base. From the base,…
Created on: Friday 26th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
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