June, 1909. Reproductions of Bronzes in Naples. 139 



the inscriptions (C. I, L. X, 8067, 14): PI, P II. PHI, P IIII, P V, P X, signifying that the 

 weights are 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 lbs. respectively. The two-pound weight has also the inscription : 

 P- STALLI- FELIC, giving the name of the maker (?) as Publius Stallius Felix. [In the series 

 of facsimiles in Chicago the two-pound weight is omitted and the five-pound weight duplicated.] 



7 252-255. (24123-24125, 24127) Four Weights 



One weight, which is in the form of a sow, is hollow, having originally been 

 filled with lead. Two others represent knuckle-bones. The fourth may 

 represent a cheese; its handle is in the form of two thumbs. 



Naples 74390-74393. On one side of the sow are the letters (C. I. L. X, 8067, 88): P C 

 (i. e. pondera centum), signifying that the weight is 100 lbs. 



STEELYARDS AND THE LIKE 



The steelyard, a less ancient instrument than the equal-armed 

 balance, was in common use among the Romans. It regularly 

 consists of (1) a graduated beam or yard; (2) a hanging weight, 

 which may be moved along the beam; (3) a suspension hook, or 

 commonly two alternative hooks on opposite sides of the beam; and 

 (4) a pan, attached by four chains to the end of the beam, or in place 

 of the pan, a hook or hooks, for supporting the article to be weighed. 

 Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, s. v. statera (with 

 incorrect explanation of the two suspension-hooks and double grad- 

 uation) ; Baumeister, Denkmdler, s. v. Wage; Overbeck, Pompeii, 

 pp. 447, 448. 



N. B. In these reproductions the weights are sometimes too 

 light or too heavy. 



256. (24131) Steelyard 



Weight in the form of the bust of a warrior, wearing cuirass and helmet. 

 On the cuirass a mask of Medusa. On each side of the crested helmet a bull 

 in relief. 



When suspended as at present this steelyard can weigh up to twelve pounds, 

 the numbers 1-5 and 10 being indicated by the regular signs (I, II, III, IIII, 

 V, X) and the remaining numbers by single marks, with S (i. e., semis, y£) at 

 the half-way points. When suspended by the other hook it can weigh from 

 ten to forty pounds, the regular signs, (X, XX, XXX, XXXX) being used for 

 ten and its multiples, and the half-way points marked by a V. 



Naples 74056. Stabiae. Mus. Borb. I, lv, i. On the flat part of the beam is an inscription 

 (C. / L. X, 8067. 3). as follows: 



IMP- VESP- AVG- ITX- 



T- IMP- AVG- F- VT- CoS 



EX ACTA- IN- CAPITO 

 Imp(eratore) Vesp(asiano) Aug(usto) II X T(ito) imp(eratore) Aug(usti) f(ilio) VI co(n)s(ulibus), 

 exacta in Capito(lio). This signifies that in the year 77 A. D. this steelyard was tested by com- 

 parison with standard weights preserved on the Capitoline hill at Rome. 



257. (24128) Steelyard 



Weight in the form of the bust of a boy. 



When suspended as at present, this steelyard can weigh up to fourteen 



