Roman London's First Voices: Writing Tablets from the Bloomberg Excavations, 2010–14: 72 (Monograph Series)

Tomlin, Roger

ISBN 10: 1907586407 / ISBN 13: 9781907586408

Published by MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), 2017

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The printed boards are slightly rubbed, contents unmarked. wt, 1470g. pp.xv,309. This book has been carefully described by an experienced, independent, bookdealer, it is not for sale on other sites and the pictures are photographs of the actual book. [Loc. J6-1].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roman London's First Voices: Writing Tablets from the Bloomberg Excavations, 2010?14: 72 (Monograph Series)
• Publisher: MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907586407
• ISBN 13: 9781907586408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 1470 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology
  • London
  • History

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Synopsis

This publication presents research into Britain’s largest, earliest and most significant collection of Roman waxed writing tablets. The collection, which boasts the first handwritten 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.