Stylus

1st-3rd century (Roman Imperial) H: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm) Citation Source image

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.

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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27857
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object
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stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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1
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Terms

संस्कृति
Roman
माध्यम
bone
विधा
styluses

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