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Bone Stylus

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Circular-sectioned bone stylus. The pointed end for writing is cone shaped. The shaft tapers from the pointed end to the other end, where it has a sphere-shaped finial, which is somewhat flat on one side, for erasing.
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
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Title: Bone Stylus
Description:
Circular-sectioned bone stylus.
The pointed end for writing is cone shaped.
The shaft tapers from the pointed end to the other end, where it has a sphere-shaped finial, which is somewhat flat on one side, for erasing.

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