Name:
Lead Weights
Location:
Found separately around Akrotiri
Appearance:
The weights are simple lead plates with no designs and varying sizes.
Uses:
The weights are speculated to be a part of a Minoan weighing system of sorts. the weights could have possibly been used to counter balance to other objects.
Significance:
The existence of these weights indicates that the Minoans had a way of weighing certain objects. It also suggests that the Minoans also had a unit of measurement.
Expert Opinion:
Petruso, noted that the larger two discs, one was smooth and the other convex. Petruso suggests that these two discs were cast in a shallow dish mold.
Scientific methods:
X-ray analysis has been used on the weights, identifying them as entirely made up of lead.
Lead Weights
Location:
Found separately around Akrotiri
Appearance:
The weights are simple lead plates with no designs and varying sizes.
Uses:
The weights are speculated to be a part of a Minoan weighing system of sorts. the weights could have possibly been used to counter balance to other objects.
Significance:
The existence of these weights indicates that the Minoans had a way of weighing certain objects. It also suggests that the Minoans also had a unit of measurement.
Expert Opinion:
Petruso, noted that the larger two discs, one was smooth and the other convex. Petruso suggests that these two discs were cast in a shallow dish mold.
Scientific methods:
X-ray analysis has been used on the weights, identifying them as entirely made up of lead.
