Needle
Stylus
MS1740
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1740 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria |
| Date Made | 2nd century BCE - 1st Century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bone |
| Description | Stylus (conical) Elongated conical shape with thin tip for writing, and beveled at wider end to conical point. Presumably broader end was for smooth erasures. Nicely weighted to rest in hand while writing; preserves finely polished surface. from Turfa, J.M. 2005 |
| Length | 11.11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 381 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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