writing-tablet
- Museum number
- 1906,1020.2
- Description
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Wooden board (with iron handle for hanging) inscribed in ink with lines 468-473 from Book I of Homer's Iliad.
- Production date
- 400-500
- Dimensions
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Length: 40.64 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- TM 61042; Mertens-Pack 00611.000
Journal of Hellenic Studies (JHS) 29 (1909), p. 39 (Kenyon, Frederic G.); Chronique d‘Égypte (CdE) 68 (1993), p. 145-154 (Cribiore, Raffaella); Allen, Sutton, and West 2001: 131; Debut 1986: 260, no. 161; Cauderlier 1992: 90, no. 272.
- Location
- On display (G69/dc7)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2019-2020 21 Nov-8 Mar, London, BM, SEG, Troy
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1906,1020.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: TM 61042 (Trismegistos)
