Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Aequipondium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AEQUIPON'DIUM (σήκωμα). The equipoise or moveable weight attached to a steel-yard (statera), and balance (libra, Vitruv. x. 3, 4.). A great many of these have been found at Pompeii and elsewhere, mostly made of bronze, and of some fanciful device, such as the example (Aequipondium/1.1) produced, which is taken from a Pompeian original.

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  Aequipondium/1.1