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Wax writing tablet

(Whole tablet) Wax diptycha or tablet, forming a schoolboy's Greek exercise book. The tablet contains two lines, written neatly above as a model and then copied twice betwen the ruled lines; the first line, and possibly the second, are from the poet Menander. Holes bored for binding tablets together can be seen in the frame.

Originally published/produced in 2nd century?.



Author: Menander
Shelfmark/Page: Add. 34186, No.1
Language: Greek
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