Public scale weight, Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain)

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Public scale weight from the site of Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain), dated in the 2nd century AD. Bronze counterweight (aequipondium) from a large public scales (statera) found in the Tarraco port area. Exceptionally heavy (38kg), such items could weight more than 1500 kg. It represents the Aequitas (Equity), the protector numen of fair transactions and public order in market weights and measures.

1154 photos completely processed in Reality Capture. The project was done with the support of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona and the Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural. Catalog No. MNAT 36999.

Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (2019): Tarraco: Exposición de síntesis. Generalitat de Catalunya Publicacions.