Perpendiculum – Plumb bob

This solid bowl-shaped piece of bronze has a mushroom-shaped knob on the base and a knob above a small, inverted bowl shape that forms the apex.

Perpendiculum – Plumb bob

Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
5 cm in height, 7 cm in diameter
Context:
Pompeii
Date:
1st century CE
Inventory Number:
MANN 76658
Lender:
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Credit:
Image © Photographic Archive, National Archaeological Museum of Naples