Vindolanda tablets

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
Roman writing tablet
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:contentType official correspondence
personal letters
military reports
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:digitizedBy gptkb:Centre_for_the_Study_of_Ancient_Documents,_Oxford
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1973
gptkbp:evidence Roman military organization
Roman-British relations
daily life on Roman frontier
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Robin_Birley
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Vindolanda
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vindolanda tablets
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:location gptkb:Vindolanda,_Northumberland,_England
gptkbp:material wood
gptkbp:notableFor insight into Roman literacy
mention of Roman women
mention of clothing
mention of construction
mention of entertainment
mention of food and drink
mention of health and medicine
mention of local Britons
mention of military duties
mention of slaves
mention of supplies and logistics
mention of trade
mention of travel
mention of weather
personal nature of correspondence
use of ink on wood
gptkbp:notableTablet birthday party invitation from Claudia Severa
gptkbp:pieceCount over 1,300
gptkbp:preservedIn anaerobic soil conditions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hadrian's_Wall
gptkb:Roman_Britain
Roman army
gptkbp:significance earliest known handwritten documents in Britain
gptkbp:startDate 1st century AD
2nd century AD
gptkbp:style cursive Latin script
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite included
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Latin
gptkb:nun
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vindolanda
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5