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ANCIKNT DESEMKRS ,>K STKELYARDS. 



exact examination and coinnmnicatpd his ivsults to the An'hoolog-ical 

 Society/ Direct vvcijjcliinus showed Pcrnicc that the tliree hooks must 

 have carried a pan weighing 14 ounces avoirdupois (400 grams, or 

 a Roman pound and a (lUarter). for this makes the weights agree 

 with the numlHM-s engraved al)ove the notches. The k'tter A marks 

 the zero, and the pan must balance when the tulcium is placed there. 

 The scale begins with a Roman ounce (O.HfJ ouiu-e av<)irduj)<)is. 27.288 

 grams: and tiie jxmnd of a i)art of Etruria was, according to Ilultsch, 



Fit;. Is. — Miisomii of Gerumii C(»stiinit's. Twd-liflcciilhs iiiitiinil .^izi-. 



the .same as the Roman j.ound). Tiien follow 2. .".. I. .'>, ti. 7. S. !», 10, 12 

 ounces, or 1 Roman pound. Tiie diflerences now begii to be gi-eaier; 

 for the numbers run 1. 1'. 1:\, U, i;i, 2. 2|. 2i. .S. 8^, 4, 4^, "). C. 7, 

 s. It. 1(1, 12. 1."). 20, 2.*), 30, 40 pounds. 



Tiie .si'cond Roman desemer is now. as Mr. l*ernici> shows, in Pa- 

 lermo.' Except that it is provided with a bridge, it resembles the iron 

 desemer of Brandenburg (fig, 2(i). But its scale showed that it gave 



Fig. 19. — Museum of Gorman Costumes. Two-fiftceutlis natural size. 



weights even more exactly than the Clusimii balance. As before let- 

 ter A marks the zero, placing the fulcrum at which before weighing, 

 equili})rium must l)e produced before the goods to l>e weighed are at- 

 tached. The scale then proceeds from 1 ounce by single ounces to 2 

 pounds, and then as follows: 2i, 2i, 2f, 8, 3^, 4, 4i, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 

 15 pounds. 



The third Roman desemer is known only from a figure in a Paris MS. 



^ Jahrbuch des Kaiserl. archaolog. Institutes, Vol. XIII, 1898, 2d part. 

 ■''A figure of this desemer is to be seen in the Annali for 1889, Tavola 1^. 



