The Vindolanda Writing Tablets: (Tabulae Vindolandenses) Volume Iii

The Vindolanda Writing Tablets: (Tabulae Vindolandenses) Volume Iii

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Review The Scholarship Manifested In This Enterprise Remains One Of The Wonders Of The Modern World, As The Texts Themselves Are Of The Ancient.' (Roger Wright Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2004)In Helping To Make Them Less Elusive, We Should All Offer Our Heartfelt Thanks To The Editors For Their Meticulous Scholarship.' (Journal Of Hellenic Studies, 2005) Product Description This Is The Third Volume In A Series Presenting The First Editions Of The Important Latin Writingtablets From The Roman Fort Of Vindolanda, Located To The South Of Hadrian'S Wall. The Tablets Now Form Part Of The British Museum Collections. This Volume Covers The Ink Tablets Discovered In The Excavations Of 19914, And Contains Transcriptions, Translations And Detailed Commentaries On About 150 Texts And Brief Descriptions Of A Further 100 Fragments. As In Earlier Volumes, The Texts Are Mainly Either Accounts Or Letters. The Accounts Include A Long Record Of The Supply And Consumption Of Chickens And Geese In The Commanding Officer'S Residence Over A Period Of More Than Two Years In The First Decade Of The Second Century Ad. The Correspondence Includes Letters From The Archive Of Cerialis, The Prefect Of The Ninth Cohort Of Batavians, Stationed At Vindolanda In The Period Ad 97104. A Notable Novelty Is A Unique Letter Dating From A Later Period, C. Ad 180200. Fifty Of The Tablets Are Reproduced. About The Author Alan Bowman Is Camden Professor Of Ancient History And Fellow Of Braesenose College, Oxford. He Is Author Of Egypt After The Pharaohs And Life And Letters On The Roman Frontier, And Editor Of Vols Xxii Of The New Edition Of The Cambridge Ancient History. J David Thomas Is Emeritus Professor Of Papyrology, University Of Durham. He Is The Author Of The Ptolemaic And Roman Epistrategos And Joint Editor Of The Series The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, To Which He Has Contributed Numerous Editions Of Greek Papyri From Egypt.

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