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| Keywords: Byzantine - Steelyard - Walters 54197.jpg Steelyards or scales were used in the Roman and Byzantine Empires for weighing heavy objects in the marketplace They are in fact still in use today The steelyard named for its more recent function of weighing steel in England consists of a balance beam divided into two arms of unequal length with suspension hooks or a pan to hold the object being weighed century 2 4 Late Antique bronze cm 71 8 3 accession number 54 197 28729 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome no 130 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Kaesong Korea Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Steelyard balances Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
