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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Omeka ID 2256
Olèrdola
Roman

stylus or writing punch

MAC OLE-00371

Object type
punch
Production date
-100 / -50
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Culture
Roman
Discovery location
Olèrdola. Entrada recinte (sector 01)
Materials
bone
Township
Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Technique
carving, polishing
Where is it?
Centre Interpretació
Dimensions
95 x 10 mm
Description
Spindle-shaped piece with a blunt proximal end, highlighted by a groove. The distal end has an oval shape. It was recovered in the 1986 excavation in Sector 01. A stylus is a tool to write on warm wax on a wooden plate. The pointed end was used for writing, while the more rounded opposite end was used to delete an error or change the word, as we would today with a rubber on paper. It is an object found with some regularity in deposits of Roman times. Several specimens have been found in Olèrdola near the entrance to the site, some of them in levels clearly associated with the Roman fortification. In the Roman army, the chiefs' instructions were usually written on writing tablets.

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