Bronze stylus, Classical or Hellenistic, 4th–1st century B.C., Cypriot, Bronze, length 4 7/8in. (12.4cm), Bronzes, This stylus has a point on one end to scratch letters and a flattened surface on the other to scrape the surface of a writing tablet. Ancient Greek writing tablets were typically made of wood, either with a recessed inner face to hold beeswax or flat with a painted white surface
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Bronze stylus, Classical, Hellenistic, 4th–1st century B.C, Cypriot, Bronze, length, 4 7/8in, 12.4cm, Bronzes, stylus, point, scratch letters, flattened surface, scrape, surface, writing tablet, Ancient Greek, writing, tablets, typically, wood, recessed inner, face, hold beeswax, flat, painted white
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