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Description: | A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy item, probably a stylus, dating from the Roman ?? Medieval period, between AD 43 ?? 1500. The item is a circular sectioned rod, narrowing to a point at one end and flattening and widening at the other. There is a 90 degree bend about a third of the way down and the flatterned end is partially missing from an old break. The object has 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.??
It measures 5.4mm wide by 4.4mm thick. It weighs 6.24grams. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | WALKER, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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