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Mensa Ponderaria

Piazza del Duomo, 4, Tivoli, Lazio

Closed today: open Saturday at 15:00

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The Mensa Ponderaria, or public office for the control of weights and measures, was located in the forum of the city of Tibur. The building, probably from the Augustan age, was accidentally discovered in 1883. The Mensa Ponderaria is one of the rare cases where the specific function of public weighing has been identified thanks to the presence of two tables, made of marble and equipped with concave cavities of different sizes to accommodate the official reference weights. An adjacent room, discovered in 1920, was probably dedicated to the cult of the emperor (Augusteum). An inscription provides information about the creator of the exhibit, the freedman Marcus Varenus Diphilus, master of the corporation of Herculaneum.

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Piazza del Duomo, 4, Tivoli, Italy

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Opening hours

	opens - closes	last entry
monday	Closed now
tuesday	Closed now
wednesday	Closed now
thursday	Closed now
friday	Closed now
saturday	15:00 - 17:00
sunday	Closed now

The Mensa Ponderaria is open to the public on the following days from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (last entry at 4:30 pm). At 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm entrance is only allowed with a guided tour. At 4:00 pm and 4:30 pm entrance is without a guided tour.

January 4 and 25, 2025

February 8 and 22, 2025

March 8 and 22, 2025