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1882
Volume 66, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0081-8933
  • E-ISSN: 2507-0428

Abstract

Abstract

Steelyards have been commonly used by sellers in the and during the Roman and Byzantine periods. They are based on the principle of the lever, mentioned by Aristotle and probably well-known even earlier. Two of steelyards made of bronze are conserved in the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Jerusalem Archaeological Museum. The first of them should be classified as a Copenhagen type and be dated to the 2nd to 4th century AD. The second, coming from the Cesare Colombo Collection, should be dated from the 1st century to the beginning of the 2nd century AD. After the analysis, a small counterweight in the shape of basket handled water jug, that was a part of a set, should be treated separately, and according to pottery analogies, be dated to the 2nd century BC, shifting the usage of steelyards back to the Hellenistic period.

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