Roman London's first voices : writing tablets from the Bloomberg excavations, 2010-14 /
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| Author / Creator: | Tomlin, Roger, 1943- author. |
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| Imprint: | [London] : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | xv, 309 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 31 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | MOLA monograph series ; 72 MOLA monograph ; 72. |
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| Format: | Map Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10899164 |
| 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 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 309 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-304) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781907586408 1907586407 |
