We still don’t know what these objects were used for in the context of everyday writing (I’ve already had a new idea since I wrote this chapter). Depictions are very rare so far, perhaps supporting the idea that this tool was ‘nice to have’ rather than essential. 3/3 🏺

I argue that there are now four known depictions of this object, all on funerary monuments. They appear to add to the distinction of the deceased from his peers. 2/3

📣Publication klaxon📣
This volume edited by Tibor Grüll was just published, in which I discuss depictions of Roman bone ‘spatulate’ strips, sometimes called bone ‘rules’. 1/3
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