“I went to Rome in AD 70 and all I got you was this lousy pen.”
We’re all familiar with jokey souvenir gifts and so too, it seems, were the Romans. During recent excavations in the City of London, archaeologists uncovered an iron stylus inscribed with an amusing message.
The stylus was discovered by Museum of London Archaeology during excavations for Bloomberg’s European headquarters next to Cannon Street station.
https://digventures.com/2019/07/roman-pen-inscribed-with-joke-found-at-london-building-site/ #Romans #London #pens
We’re all familiar with jokey souvenir gifts and so too, it seems, were the Romans. During recent excavations in the City of London, archaeologists uncovered an iron stylus inscribed with an amusing message.
The stylus was discovered by Museum of London Archaeology during excavations for Bloomberg’s European headquarters next to Cannon Street station.
https://digventures.com/2019/07/roman-pen-inscribed-with-joke-found-at-london-building-site/ #Romans #London #pens
