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writing-tablet
Object Type
writing-tablet
Museum number
1993,1103.47
Description
Wood writing tablet with inscription in ink; tablet is almost complete. Letter to Maritimus regarding payments; written in two columns, with intercolumnar postscript at right angles; addressed on reverse.
Cultures/periods
Romano-British
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Vindolanda
Materials
wood
Dimensions
Length:
200 millimetres
Width:
84 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Tab. Vindol. III / The Vindolanda Writing Tablets (Tabulae Vindolandenses III)
(645)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
The Vindolanda Trust
Acquisition date
1993
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1993,1103.47
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
1022(1)
(Excavation Number)
Excavation/small finds number:
1022(2)
(Excavation Number)
Miscellaneous number:
91.1022
(inventory number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 30 Jun 1997
Conservation treatment
: 21/8/19