Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 307
TABULA, STYLUS, AND PAPYRUS. 284 DOMESTIC UTENSILS. … TABULAE AND INK STAND. These were made of every sort of material; sometimes withthe precious metals, but usually of iron, and on occasion mightbe turned into formidable weapons. It was with his stylus thatCsesar stabbed Casca in the arm, when attacked in the senate byhis murderers; and Caligula…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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