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Fig. 17: Examples of bone styli from the Magdalensberg
(Austria). After Gostenčnik 1996, 111 pl. 1. © Kordula Gostenčnik,
reproduced with permission of Geschichtsverein für Kärnten.

were used with ink at Vindolanda (see e.g. Birley 1999, 29 and
below) but that would also have been suitable for use as styli or
stylus-like tools. Other materials are rare. Four styli entirely made Fig. 18: Metal styli with various degrees of
of silver were found in a female burial in Nersingen/Unterfahlheim decoration. From Schaltenbrand Obrecht 2012, 263
(Germany, Ambs and Faber 1998, 424, with drawing p. 401).
fig. 257; 267 fig. 261. © Augusta Raurica.