Corinth Object: MF 6494
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 6494
Title:   BRONZ STEELYARD BAR
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   6494
Description:   Bronze steelyard bar, elliptical in section, with knob at the end in the shape of a conventionalized animal's head. Hole for suspension below the knob, and beyond it a small hole with a bar through it. This part is flat in section. Two opposide sides marked for weight as follows: a) pounds, divded into quarters; b) pound divisions with special signs marking each five pounts.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., upper end preserved.
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   9th c. context, according to Corinth 12
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB165 P60
Findspot Description:   Agora N.E. Feb 17, 1937. S.S.W.p.60.
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1664
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB165 P60
Notebook Page: NB 165, spread 40 (pp. 60 - 61)