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Description: | A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy probable stylus, dating from the Roman ?? Medieval period, between AD 43 ?? 1500 (length: 87.5mm; width: 9mm; thickness: 5.5mm; weight: 11.83g). The artefact is sub-rectangular in plan at the wider and flat end and sub-circular in plan further down the shaft as the probable stylus tapers to a point at the bottom. At 8.5mm below the top of the flattened terminal of the artefact, there is a singular indentation with a slightly ridge below. There is no other decoration on the probable stylus. The bottom and narrowed tip of the artefact is slightly broken and is bent/ distorted to one side. Overall, the probable stylus is in a worn and poor condition with a pitted light green/ brown patina. A similar Medieval stylus is illustrated in Egan, G, 1998, ??Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 6: The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150 ?? c. 1450??, pages 270-1, fig 209, ref no 896. Egan states that these styli were mainly used for writing ??with waxed tablets??and probably used by architects/ builders on stone??The wedge-shaped ends could be used for the erasure of wax.?? | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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