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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1955 ΝΑΔ 12

Category

Implement

Period

Roman Period

Date

86 BC-AD 267

Dimensions

Length: 0.075 m

Material

Bone

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 2, No 107

Description
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Intact stylus found in 1955 on the south slope of the Acropolis. It is in the form of a shaft with one pointy and one flat end. The pointy end was used to incise the letters on the waxed surface of wooden plaques whereas the flattened end helped erasing any mistakes.

Παντερμαλής, Δ., Ελευθεράτου, Σ., Βλασσοπούλου, Χ., Μουσείο Ακρόπολης. Οδηγός, Αθήνα, 2016, σελ. 42-43, εικ. 29