The tablets date between 50 and 80 C.E. They are some of the oldest examples of Roman cursive in Britain. One tablet that was dated to 57 C.E. was a financial document, while others carried ...

Dated to between 50 and 80 C.E., the tablets are among the earliest examples of Roman cursive, a style of handwriting, discovered in Britain, per Artnet’s Richard Whiddington. One tablet, for instance ...