Medium: Wood, wax
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Dates:4th century C.E.
Dimensions: 6 13/16 × 5 3/16 × 3/16 in. (17.3 × 13.1 × 0.5 cm) mount: 5 × 5 3/4 × 4 in. (12.7 × 14.6 × 10.2 cm)
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Accession Number: 37.1910E
Image: 37.1910E_back_PS11.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Writing tablets, or pugillaris, belonging a schoolboy named Theophilos, son of Martyrios. The fourth of five wooden writing tablets bound together. The writing tablet grouping is arranged in the following order: 37.473E, 37.1909E, 37.474E, 37.1910E, and 37.1908E. One side of the tablet is a copy of six verses written by a schoolboy, and the opposite side is illegible. Condition: Fair. The remnant blackened wax is heavy in both recesses and is suffering from cracking and lifting. The side with inscriptions has also suffered losses.