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Steelyard weight in the form of Nike

A.D. 150–275
Medium/TechniqueBronze (copper alloys and lead)
DimensionsHeight: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineClassical Department Purchase Fund
Accession number59.653
On View
On view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Veel, on the left bank in Paris; July 1959: purchased from Veel by Cornelius C. Vermeule III on behalf of MFA; purchased by MFA from Cornelius C. Vermeule, October 8, 1959, for
$ 90.00
Steelyard weight
about 100 B.C.–A.D. 50
Casket
Louis Marcy
Late 19th to early 20th century
Intertwined nose rings
A.D. 700–1520
Richard Filipowski
about 1967
Ibram Lassaw
1988
Dipper or spatula
A.D. 1100–1550