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This stylus has a point on one end to scratch letters and a flattened surface on the other to scrape the surface of a writing tablet. Ancient Greek writing tablets were typically made of wood, either with a recessed inner face to hold beeswax or flat with a painted white surface.
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Title: Bronze stylus
Period: Classical or Hellenistic
Date: 4th–1st century BCE
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: length 4 7/8in. (12.4cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.5495
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