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Bone/Ivory Stylus
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Carved and polished bone stylus. The pointed end is conical; one side of the rounded end is flat. The shaft, round in section, has a raised ridge at approximately the spot where it would have been held for writing; it tapers toward each end.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (before 1970-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Bone/Ivory Stylus
Description:
Carved and polished bone stylus.
The pointed end is conical; one side of the rounded end is flat.
The shaft, round in section, has a raised ridge at approximately the spot where it would have been held for writing; it tapers toward each end.
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