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Source Description
Round in section, the stylus is pointed at one end to write on a waxed tablet and broad at the other to erase the writing by smoothing out the wax.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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27857
label
Stylus
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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27857
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Stylus
description
Round in section, the stylus is pointed at one end to write on a waxed tablet and broad at the other to erase the writing by smoothing out the wax.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st-3rd century (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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styluses
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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6191
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ROM
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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