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Discovery of 410 wooden tablets gives glimpse into life of London's first Romans (ed)
Daily Mail ^ | Jun 1, 2016 | Ryan O'Hare

Posted on 06/01/2016 7:41:27 PM PDT by Ray76

An archaeological dig has turned up the earliest known handwritten documents in Britain among hundreds of Roman waxed writing tablets.

Some 410 wooden tablets have been discovered, 87 of which have been deciphered to reveal names, events, business and legal dealings and evidence of someone practising writing the alphabet and numerals.

With only 19 legible tablets previously known from London, the find from the first decades of Roman rule in Britain provides a wealth of new information about the city's earliest Romans.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; london; roman; romanempire; romans; rome; tablets; writing
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Earliest handwritten 'notepad' unearthed in London: Discovery of 410 wooden tablets gives glimpse into life of city's first Romans

1 posted on 06/01/2016 7:41:27 PM PDT by Ray76
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I see one inscription which reads ‘I am a nigerian prince who needs to move some money out of the country and you seem trustworthy ...’


2 posted on 06/01/2016 7:46:33 PM PDT by posterchild
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Post It notes of the first century.


3 posted on 06/01/2016 7:47:59 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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I see one inscription which reads ‘I am a nigerian prince who needs to move some money out of the country and you seem trustworthy ...’

You read that as Nigerian? I read it as 'from Sheba'. Are you using the newest translator software?

4 posted on 06/01/2016 7:50:37 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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You are correct, geolocation of the IP address says ‘sheba.’


5 posted on 06/01/2016 7:52:20 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: Ray76

Well start rewriting your history London to chronicle the Muslim conquest. And then all this past history will seem like quaint fairy tales of a bygone era.


6 posted on 06/01/2016 7:56:19 PM PDT by Lent
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I once read part of a letter a Roman soldier wrote home from Britain. I think it was posted here on FR.

Anyway the translation was something like you might expect of a kid at Summer camp. The weather here is awful. Could you send me some new shoes? Could you spare some money?


7 posted on 06/01/2016 7:56:22 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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A larger number of wooden tablets has been found at Vindolanda near Hadrian’s Wall, dating from the late first century and early second century A.D. Perhaps the newly-discovered tablets are slightly older.


8 posted on 06/01/2016 7:56:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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It says One Weird Trick To Get Rid Of Belly Fat. Click Here.


9 posted on 06/01/2016 7:57:43 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Anyway the translation was something like you might expect of a kid at Summer camp. The weather here is awful. Could you send me some new shoes? Could you spare some money?

"Hello muddah....Hello faddah....."

10 posted on 06/01/2016 7:59:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Too bad they did not outlaw islam and other moronic stupidity.

Common sense isn’t.


11 posted on 06/01/2016 8:01:09 PM PDT by soycd
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Early SteamPunk writing.


12 posted on 06/01/2016 8:05:32 PM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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Ping


13 posted on 06/01/2016 8:05:47 PM PDT by rdl6989
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“I once read part of a letter a Roman soldier wrote home from Britain. I think it was posted here on FR.

Anyway the translation was something like you might expect of a kid at Summer camp. The weather here is awful. Could you send me some new shoes? Could you spare some money?”

I read that one but it had a happy ending:

Wait a minute, it’s stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing
Playing baseball, gee that’s bettah
Muddah, faddah kindly disregard this letter!


14 posted on 06/01/2016 8:05:59 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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15 posted on 06/01/2016 8:11:18 PM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping


16 posted on 06/01/2016 8:16:53 PM PDT by umgud
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One said - your VA appointment is in 9 months...


17 posted on 06/01/2016 8:18:39 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Dear Penthouse Forum Letters,

I never thought this would ever happen to me...


18 posted on 06/01/2016 8:20:00 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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‘I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called Biggus Dickus.’
Buttocks Incontinentia


19 posted on 06/01/2016 8:24:11 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Ray76

20 posted on 06/01/2016 8:25:53 PM PDT by dfwgator
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