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Roman wooden writing tablet
About half the tablet survives. Recess for wax cut on both sides with an additional flat wide groove running horizontally across one side. Single square hinge hole. Surviving long edge broken off at cut for binding thread. Badly distorted.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
84.117H/5
Find Information
Site Name: Caerwent Courtyard House, Caerwent
Grid Reference: ST 468 907
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1983
Notes: Phase I - late 2nd/ early 3rd cent.; fill of well (1209:8)
Acquisition
Donation, 4/12/1984
Measurements
length / mm:160
maximum width / mm:57
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:9
thickness / mm
weight / g:9.0
Material
wood
Location
In store
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