A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 178
ak for themselves, but attention may be called toone or two of the most interesting. Such is the Eoman bronzeset-square (No. 482 ; fig. 201), furnished with a base to enable itto stand. Its outer edges would be used by masons or carpentersto determine angles of 90° and 45° respectively. The inner… … Fig. 201.—Roman Set-square and Plummet (Nos. 482, 484). 1:4. angles to one another, is seen in No. 483. Notice the set of bronzeplummets (No. 484), which were suspended from strings. The oneillustrated (fig. 201) has Bassi, belonging to Bassus, inscribedon it in punctured letters. Two other…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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