Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 493
r a steelyard similar to ours and described at length, cf.British Museum, Greek and Roman Life, pp. 149 ff.; cf. also G. Lafaye,Daremberg et Saglio, Dictionnaire, libra, p. 1227. 445 IMPLEMENTS AND UTENSILS Steelyard Length of bar, 13I in. (34 cm.). Purchased in 1900. Said to have come from Jebeil,… … 1720 WRITING MATERIALS For writing purposes the ancients used either paper made from the papy-rus plant or parchment, and pen and ink; or wax-coated tablets and apointed instrument called ypacfrelov, ypacfrts, ypafyiov, stylus, stilus. STYLI Styli The stylus consists of a shaft with a sharp point…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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