Trapezoidal stone weight with double-grooved edges and pierced suspension loop at top

Details

• Title

  Trapezoidal stone weight with double-grooved edges and pierced suspension loop at top

• Associated people

  the Reverend Doctor William Borlase (1695 - 1772) (field collector)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Cornwall › Penwith › St. Erth › Bossens (place of excavation)

• Date

  Roman period (Britain) (AD 43 - 410)

• Material and technique

  stone

• Material index

  inorganic › stone

• Object type

  instrument › scientific instrument › measure › weight

• Dimensions

  21 cm (height)
  6460 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by D. Davies Gilbert, from the Borlase collection, 1835.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1836.p126.161.a

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