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Left, forceps to cut out circular pieces of bone; right, tables of measures. Engraving with etching.
Wellcome Collection

Left, forceps to cut out circular pieces of bone; right, tables of measures. Engraving with etching.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The Romans divided their As, Libra or any Integer after the following manner ... the explanation of some of ye more usual characters of weights and measures ...

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