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The paymaster’s sandaled feet meet the quay; both hands grip the sack neck while his bent legs bear part of its weight. The sack’s lower surface has just contacted the left pan, with the paymaster still controlling its descent. Both balance pans hang from their cords; the beam turns on the central pin, and the tripod’s three feet rest on limestone. The three counterweights sit inside the right pan while the added sack begins drawing the left pan downward. The Roman assessor’s feet meet the quay and the staff butt touches the paving beside his forward foot. Each departing soldier places a foot on the gangplank; their load-bearing hands close around shield grips, straps, or bundled gear. The gangplank’s landward end rests on the quay and its seaward end rests on the hull’s deck edge. The taut mooring rope runs directly from the hull fitting to the rubbed stone mooring block. 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