Roman Tools; help needed

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Thanks Ivor to those links   not just the tools but a nice ring pommel in amongst them and I do like the folding rule chears.
Regards Brennivs 

Your Welcome its always interesting to find new items, I was aware the Bronze or possible Brass hinged Ruler as it is in the London Museum catalogue No3 "London in Roman Times" 1946 pg83-84, the decription mentions that its still Yellow and unpatinated and though I've never seen the original it leads me to believe its more like Brass....

On the divisions the upper side is 16 fingers Digiti, the lower 4 hands Palmi (4 fingers wide 1/4 of a roman foot) and the near side in 12 thumbs Uncia the opposing side has no markings, apparantly this represents the Greek and Latin measurement systems though the markings are not accuratly made.. length 29.5cm from the Walbrook, Princes Street near the Bank of England.

"The London Museum" and "The Guidhall Museum" became "The Museum of London" in the 1970s, and some of the items were spread about to other Museums including the BM, a quick search there turned up the ruler here:

One Foot Rule from London BM

This Artical From A Bone Folding One Foot Ruler/Measure lists 12 examples and includes an almost identical bronze ruler from France, unfortunatly it wont let me add a link in directly:

Feugère 1983c: M. Feugère, Les mesures pliantes du pied romain, en bronze et en os (à propos d'un exemplaire conservé à Roanne). Cah. Arch. Loire 3, 1983, 39-43, 2 fig.


The bone folding rules though incomplete are interesting and could be recontructed I think on the same lines....