Hey, #ClassicsTwitter, what do we think about these?
timelineauctions.com/lot/legal-will…
and
timelineauctions.com/lot/contract-f…
The same auction house has sold several other inked inscriptions on wood from the same collection, e.g.
auctionzip.com/auction-lot/Ro…
lotsearch.net/lot/roman-inke…
Here's a publication of one of the prior sales: researchgate.net/publication/33… (presumably the same scholar who's noted as having a forthcoming publication on the two current sales: sysu.academia.edu/PeterRothenhoe…)
I know the Vindolanda tablets were ink on wood, but... I thought that was rare? @hashtagoras, any insights?
More supposedly Roman legal documents inked on wood from the same auction house's current sale:
timelineauctions.com/lot/roman-lega…
timelineauctions.com/lot/wooden-tab…
timelineauctions.com/lot/signed-woo…
and a wax tablet case just for kicks: timelineauctions.com/lot/scribes-wa…
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