COMPASS FROM THE TOMB OF ARCHITECT/CRAFTSMAN(inv. 414 В)

COMPASS FROM THE TOMB OF ARCHITECT/CRAFTSMAN(inv. 414 В)

Bronze compass with legs richly decorated with engraved Latin cross and different tools was found in the grave of craftsman (faber). Compass (circinus), who served as the scales for the transfer of measures, magnification or reduction in size, were used mostly by architects, land surveyors, supervisors of public or private buildings and craftsmen (brick masons, stone masons, carpenters). The unknown craftsman was buried with his labor tools during the 4th century and he certainly worked in the construction and decoration of public and private buildings in Naissus.

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