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Description: | The object is possibly a Roman stylus made from cast copper alloy.
In plan it is an elongated triangular shape, with slightly concave sides. The tip is broken, but this is not a recent break. Just below the break there is a linear horizontal groove as decoration on one face.
In profile the stylus tapers from the most narrow break edge to the base edge. This base edge is very fine. The stylus is not flat in profile, but is slightly convex, which is slightly irregular, which may indicate it occurred during use and not design.
The stylus has a mid blue/green coloured patina. It measures 26.4mm long, 12.9mm wide and 1.6mm thick. It weighs 1.09g.
Hattatt illustrates a very similar shaped stylus terminal in plan from Pompeii, however in profile Hattatt's is thicker at the neck, and along the blade. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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