The Indus Civilization c8.29

c8.29

The few examples of scales used with the weights are of very ordinary pattern, and consist of a bronze bar with suspended copper pans. Some earthenware scale-pans may have been toys made by children. Much larger beams, of course, must have been used with the heavy weights, but these were, no doubt, made of wood. There is no evidence that the steelyard was known.