| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 7325 | |
| Title: | BRONZE STEELYARD BAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 7325 | |
| Description: | Bronze quadrilateral steelyard bar (two sides wider than the other two) with knob at the end. Scale indications on the two wide faces: a) twenty pounds, reading left to right. Ten is indicated by ten dots, fifteen by E, twenty by K; b) as shown in Fig. 36 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, p. 215). The letters, besides E which seems to indicate five, are K, | |
| Decoration: | Incised on two sides. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., upper end broken off. At the break a hole through the bar. | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Not later than the 12th c., according to Corinth 12 | |
| Area: | Forum north central | |
| Context: | NB171 P24 | |
| Findspot Description: | Agora N.C. September 24, 1937. p.24 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1663 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum north central Basket: NB171 P24 Notebook Page: NB 171, spread 22 (pp. 24 - 25) |
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