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Bundle of iron 'Kissi pennies' (currency) from modern-day Sierra Leone, 19th century AD
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Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.
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Silver-plated Manilla (currency) from modern-day Nigeria, circa 18th century AD
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Birch bark document used for writing practice (and drawing) by a child, Novgorod Republic, 13th century AD
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13th century AD Byzantine map of the world, based on now-lost 2nd century AD Graeco-Roman original
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The photo shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus pen, one below the other. The knib to the left. It has an inscription which runs along its length on four sides. The four images show the four lines of inscribed text which read:
‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi
gratum adf(e)ro
acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’
‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’
The pen was used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. Found in London (Roman ‘Londinium’) by MOLA. Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA
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Roman portable grills (craticulae) for heating and cooking food when on outings, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century AD
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