Record ID: SUR-C22804
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy biconical Roman steelyard weight of 152.17g (5.4 oz, approximately half of a libra). The upper and lower points have stumps of an iron wire suspension loop.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-F1FE48
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy steelyard, of the Roman period, AD 43 - 410. It has a rectangular form and one remaining circular opening. The loop is placed centrally on the fragment, projecting from one long edge, with a slight collar at each side. It is possible to see half of a second circular opening at one of the broken ends, the loop projecting form the other long edge.  The object is fragmented and is not decorated. The object is 18.1mm long, 2.93mm in thickness and 10mm wide. It weighs 3g. Wear or possible file marks can be seen on both sides around the circul…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3A1A76
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy steelyard balance arm, both ends broken in antiquity. The greater part is of sub-circular cross-section with four transverse engraved grooves on one face and three on the other. Just before one break there is a change in cross-section at which the object flattens out and expands into a circular fulcrum loop. In a standard Roman steelyard arm a second fulcrum loop would lie close by and project from the opposite edge (a third loop, for the load, would be at the missing terminal). For more complete examples see …
Created on: Friday 28th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: IOW-C4C103
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead and iron probable Roman steelyard weight, c.AD 43 - 410. This object is discoidal with a convex domed top and an offset central piercing. In the centre are the remains of an iron loop, of which only the iron inside the lead survives, visible at the base. There appears to be lightly incised decoration around the sides and across the base of the weight. The side decoration consist of a series of X crosses, while the base decoration is a narrowly-spaced grid. This decoration is not obvious to the eye, which makes it unlikely that this was a method of distinquishing this weight fro…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F5EA59
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy steelyard dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-410). The object can be divided into two integral parts. The terminal end is sub-rectangular in shape with a looped terminal. The loop has a with a knop either side of the base and a small perforation in the centre, measuring 2.2mm in diameter. The second half is integrally attached at a 90 degree angle and is broadly sub-triangular in shape that gradually tapers towards the end. The end terminates in a worn break. At the divide of the two parts is a cut in semi-circle to both sides. The objec…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2023
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Record ID: WMID-E33124
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy possible steelyard of probable Roman dating (AD 43 to AD 410). The possible steelyard has a square shank. One end has a double collar terminal, with central circular knop. The upper collar has been decorated with oblique slashes to create a ropelike decoration. The other end exhibits a patinated break. The square shank has several horizontal grooves across the width. It measures 63.2 mm in length, 4.6 mm wide and 4.2 mm thick. The head is 6.5 mm tall, with a maximum diameter of 8.5 mm. It weighs 9.1 g. The possible steelyard is mid to dark green in colour.…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-A497F2
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, possibly an arm from a steelyard balance, dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-200). The object is has a rounded top at one terminal, with a central circular perforation. This leads to the body which is rectangular in section with rounded edges. The long body leads to a flattened bottom. This end is possibly broken. The object features no decoration and has a light green patina. Dimensions: Length 43.8mm; width 9.1mm; thickness 4.9mm; thickness; weight 5.33g Similar items include LVPL-F581A3, BERK-AF6F54 and WMID-184456. 
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7A6717
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and distorted Roman copper alloy possible steelyard arm, both ends broken in antiquity. The greater part is of round-cross-section with very faint indications of transverse grooves on one face close to a change in section at which the object flattens out and expands into a recently broken loop. In a standard Roman steelyard arm a second fulcrum loop would lie close by and project from the opposite edge (a third loop, for the load, would be at the missing terminal). Weight 8.66g. Straightened out length c.95mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Saturday 11th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-111156
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy steelyard dating to AD 43-410 It is roughly rectangular and flat with two round lugs each protruding from opposite edges, one near the break (filled with iron), one at the finished end.  The finished terminal end is rounded, it has the same finish as the projecting lugs and has a centrally placed sub-circular hole. The broken edge is covered in iron corrosion. The steelyard is undecorated. Length: 52.7 mm Width: 37.2 mm Thickness: 9.5 mm Weight: 46.41 g
Created on: Monday 6th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A8AD88
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Steelyard Scales / Balance, with attachments in place as when removed from ground.  Dating to the Roman period 2nd to 4th Century. It measures 136.85mm in length, and weighs 28.50g. Its length is divided in two, and made up of its lozenge shaped cross-sectioned arm B, and a rectangular end F which has three perforations. Please refer to the accompanying record Image, for help with the identification of attachments plus their measurements. A.  A narrow strip of metal that suspended the Steelyard when in use. Exami…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-74BCFE
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy suspension hook from an unidentified object, potentially a steelyard, probably of Roman date (c. AD43-410). The hook is made from a single piece of wire bent and tapered flat at one end to form an 8mm long hook. Above the hook the wire has a sub-oval section 2.3mm wide and 1.8mm thick. The wire forms a suspension loop at the top of the object, thinning to c. 0.7mm thick to form a flanking loop on either side of the main loop connected by a chord c. 1.6mm wide. The second flanking loop curves inward then wraps with a left-hand twist repeatedly down and around t…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-F581A3
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, possibly an arm from a steelyard balance, dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-200). The object is sub-rectangular in section with a flattened top and bottom with rounded sides. The object tapers slightly to the complete end which is flat and circular. The opposite end suddenly thins and has a rectangular section, a circular hole (2.57mm) sits in the centre. The end of the arm terminates in a worn break. The arm displays no evidence of decoration and has a worn surface with a dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 84.14mm; width 9.36mm; thick…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-BD8D9D
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy steelyard arm, the thick end with two incomplete loops, one on the terminal and one on an edge, cf. Crummy 1983, fig. 104 no. 2508. All three breaks are old. Weight 8.9g. Extant length and width 44.5 and 13.4mm. Thickness 3mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Saturday 14th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-61F6DA
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper alloy steelyard, dating to the Roman period (c. 43-410 AD). The fragment consists only of a short section of the arm and part of the section containing the fulcra. The surviving part of the arm is 27mm long, ending in a break. The arm has a parallelogram shaped section and is 10.8mm high by 7.8mm wide. The two facets of each side of the arm are differently sized- the upper, graduated facet is 7.5mm wide and the lower is 6.4mm wide on both sides. The graduations are executed using a combination of drilled holes and incised lines. The scales on each side a…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-547CEF
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy balance arm from a Roman steelyard. At the sub-rectangular sectioned end there are three incomplete integral loops, one at the terminal for suspension of the object to be weighed and two others on the sides which acted as fulcra. Parts of the surface are obscured by irremovable films of material. The remaining part, an oval-sectioned rod with two sets of engraved calibration notches, ends with a deep notch or groove next to an encircling groove. For more complete examples see Crummy 1983 no. 2508. WMID-049777, BUC-6C3DB1, BERK-AF6F54 and BERK-8EEB1F. Extant len…
Created on: Saturday 31st July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6EDF67
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy, lead and iron steelyard (scale with beam arms of unequal length) of Roman Date (c. AD43- c.AD 410). The Steelyard consists of six parts found together: an arm, two hooks, one double loop and two lead and iron weights. A lozenge sectioned arm 117.1mm long, marked with indistinct notched calibrations. One end of the arm terminates with slightly domed oval terminal knop (9.2mm by 7.9mm wide), while the other end has a 2.5mm thick plate with three lobes perforated with suspension loops. One loop is terminal (4mm internal diameter) and flanked by two no…
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
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Record ID: SF-877BAF
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy steelyard dating to AD 43-410 It is roughly rectangular and flat with two round lugs each extending on opposite edges, one near the break (filled with iron), one at the finished end (empty). The finished terminal end is rounded and a has a centrally placed, iron filled hole. The broken end has iron corrosion and a small stub of iron that once extended. Both the front and rear faces have three lateral spaced grooves, the central groove crossed midway with two diagonal lines in a saltire fashion. Similar examples recorded on the database can be se…
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-2CD502
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy steelyard, the broad end of rectangular cross-section and a distorted part of the round-sectioned arm ending in an old break. At the intact terminal there is an integral ring for the suspension of the pan. Near this there is one ring for a weight suspension hook and, near the change of cross-section, is one other. The arrangement of loops and the overall form is quite standard, cf. BERK-8EEB1F with references to other examples. Extant length 63mm. Width including rings 18mm. Thickness 2.7mm at broad end. The function of a Roman steelyard is best described…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3664B3
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the the broad end of a Roman copper-alloy steelyard arm. It consists of a flat sub-rectangular plate with a complete loop at the terminal (for suspension of the load) and two incomplete fulcrum loops projecting from either side. The profile of the break gives the impression it broke across another hole (within the arm, rather than as a projecting loop), although this would seem to weaken the arm considerably. The fragment is heavily worn around all the edges. No surface markings or decoration are visible. Mid 1st to 4th century. Length: 48.8mm. Width (including loop p…
Created on: Friday 12th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-C819A3
Object type: STEELYARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy slteelyard fragment dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-200). The object consists of a plain flat plate of copper alloy and is roughly rectangular in shape. The object has the remains of three attachment loops. One is positioned at the top of the plate and is whole, another is positioned at the bottom of the plate and is broken and protrudes from the main bar and the third is situated roughly in the middle of the plate and also protrudes from the main bar and is incomplete. Similar objects include BERK-8EEB1F; LEIC-C9200A and PUBLIC-D0E672
Created on: Thursday 26th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.