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Roman Inked Wooden Tablet Sale of Two Fields by Julius Clementianus

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RARE MARKLIN CASTLE FORT: 217. RARE MARKLIN CASTLE FORT | Hand painted, circa 1890, wooden base with two round tin towers at gateway, large three tier main structure, impressive piece that seldom comes up for sale and a wonder

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Two Roman pale blue-green glass ribbed bowls 2: Two Roman pale blue-green glass ribbed bowls Circa early 1st Century A.D. 14.7cm and 12.4cm diam. (2) Footnotes: Provenance: J.M. Dassen collection, Ulestraten, Netherlands. The Nico F. Bijnsdorp

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Fachralo Kazak Prayer Rug: mid 19th century, 146 x 116 cm, South West Caucasus This very beautiful Fachralo prayer rug featuring two light green diamonds placed on the central axis of the red field, two lateral trees, a mihrab

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Two Similar Roman Glass Bowls: Two Similar Roman Glass Bowls Together with another Roman Glass Bowl and a Foliate Shaped Iridescent Glass Article. (4 total). 1 3/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. diam. Property Formerly in the Collection of Doris

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Monumental Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Clock: Monumental and impressive Louis XVI style gilt bronze mantel clock, late 19th century, in the manner of Pierre Gouthière (French 1732-1813), the clock face with Roman numerals and two wind holes, the

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Roman Inked Wooden Tablet Sale of Two Fields by Julius Clementianus

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3rd-4th century A.D. One tablet with fifteen lines cursive script of a copy (lat. exemplum) of a contract regarding the sale of two fields, originally consisting of two or three tablets, in a strongly formalised legal language the sale of two fields by Julius Clementianus is attested, between stereotype legal formulae the borders of the two fields are mentioned, of which one is called ager Rogatiani, the field of (a person called) Rogatianus. 'There are five fig trees and four Cirramonaceae(?) on it'; four lines to the verso. For examples of wooden tabulae used as writing surfaces, see Thomas, J. D., Vindolanda: The Latin Writing Tablets, Britannia Monograph Series No 4, London, 1983; for examples of testamentary documents on wooden tablets that have survived, see FIRA III, p.47, for Anthony Silvanus from 142 AD and see BGU VII, 1695, for Safinnius Herminus; for another from Transfynydd, North Wales, see Arch. Camb. 150, pp.143-156. Rothenhoefer, P., Neue römische Rechtsdokumente aus dem Byzacena-Archiv / New Roman Legal Documents from the Byzacena Archive, (forthcoming). 13.5 grams, 11.5 x 9.7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.). Acquired by Albert Sfez in the early 1950s. Property of Monsieur Alain Sfez, a Belgian collector, received by gift from his father Albert Sfez in 1965. Acquired by a London dealer 1973. From an important London collection since 1975. Wooden tablets were used as administrative documents (contracts, testament, etc.) by civil and military clerks, or simply for correspondence. The contract followed standard Roman legal formulae. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]