. Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium . WOEKS IN IVIETAX. 105 38. Hair Pin. will be found in the Museum at Cirencester: and inthe choice antiquarian collection of P. B. Purnell,Esq. of Stancomb Park, are some very interestingspecimens of useful little implements of this kind,which have been found at different times among thedebris of Corinium. Spatulae, Styli, and Needles of bronze, are occasion- Ially met with in our Roman sites; these are either plain or ornamented with appropriate devices. Keys,either of bronze or iron, are not at all unfr
. Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium . WOEKS IN IVIETAX. 105 38. Hair Pin. will be found in the Museum at Cirencester: and inthe choice antiquarian collection of P. B. Purnell,Esq. of Stancomb Park, are some very interestingspecimens of useful little implements of this kind,which have been found at different times among thedebris of Corinium. Spatulae, Styli, and Needles of bronze, are occasion- Ially met with in our Roman sites; these are either plain or ornamented with appropriate devices. Keys,either of bronze or iron, are not at all unfrequent;the Museum contains some curious examples; theseshow that our common locks, before the many im-proved forms of modern days, were of exactly the \Wsame kind as those of the Romans. But among all the useful articles we have examined fromthis rich site, there are few can vie with the one that is repre-sented at the head of this chapter; here we have a goodexample of the Roman Statera, from which was doubtlessderived the modern Steelyard, the latter taking its name fromthe beam being
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