Steelyard
A balance with unequal arms where the contents of a pan on the short arm are weighed by a weight or weights attached to the long arm.
A Roman steelyard found in Rocklands that may have been reused as an Early Saxon toilet article. (© NCC)
A balance with unequal arms where the contents of a pan on the short arm are weighed by a weight or weights attached to the long arm.
A Roman steelyard found in Rocklands that may have been reused as an Early Saxon toilet article. (© NCC)