Mensa Ponderaria

ruin · 330 BC – 2100 AD

The Mensa ponderaria (VII,7,31) was an official public office adjacent to the forum of Pompeii wherein weights and measures were regulated. This location was in use from the late second century BC.

Coordinates

40.74946, 14.48427

Also known as

Controllo dei pesi (it), Mensa delle pubbliche misure (it), Mensa mensuraria (la), Mensa ponderaria (la), VII.7.31 (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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