Reproduction of a Roman groma

Made:: 1-79 CE; before 1923 in Pompeii

Reproduction of a Roman groma, based on one excavated at Pompeii, 1st century AD

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Category:: Surveying

Object Number:: 1923-395

type:: groma

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Parts

Pole for reproduction groma

Object Number:: 1923-395 Pt1

type:: pole

Reproduction of a Roman groma

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Parts

Pole for reproduction groma

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