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Roman London's first voices : writing tablets from the Bloomberg excavations, 2010-14

Title
Roman London's first voices : writing tablets from the Bloomberg excavations, 2010-14 / Roger S O Tomlin.
Author
Tomlin, Roger, 1943-
Publication
  • [London] : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
xv, 309 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color); 31 cm
Summary
This publication presents research into Britain's largest, earliest and most significant collection of Roman waxed writing tablets. The collection, which boasts the first hand-written document known from Britain, was discovered during archaeological excavations for Bloomberg. The formal, official, legal and business aspects of life in the first decades of Londinium are revealed, with appearances from slaves, freedmen, traders, soldiers and the judiciary. Aspects of the tablets considered include their manufacture, analysis of the wax applied to their surfaces, their epigraphy and the content of over 80 legible texts.
Series Statement
MOLA monograph series ; 72
Uniform Title
MOLA monograph ; 72.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-304) and indexes.
Language (note)
  • Text in English. Summaries in French, German, and Italian.
Call Number
JFG 17-113
ISBN
  • 9781907586408
  • 1907586407
OCLC
952979468
Author
Tomlin, Roger, 1943- author.
Title
Roman London's first voices : writing tablets from the Bloomberg excavations, 2010-14 / Roger S O Tomlin.
Publisher
[London] : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
MOLA monograph series ; 72
MOLA monograph ; 72.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-304) and indexes.
Language
Text in English. Summaries in French, German, and Italian.
Research Call Number
JFG 17-113
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