10-04-2007, 11:16 PM
Salvet' omnes,
I'm looking for information for an ink pot appropriate for a 1st century century-level legionary administrative clerk (subcornicularius? scribellus?) stationed on the Northern British frontier. Imagine the miles who writes up the fair-copies of the centurion's manpower and incident reports and forwards them to the cornicularius at the legion-level, et al.
What little I've seen on the web are fancy little bronze numbers that are beyond my capacity to fabricate. I imagine wood or horn would be ideal as both inexpensive and easy to produce and more durable than ceramics.
Any advice/pointers?
Maximas gratias vobis ago.
I'm looking for information for an ink pot appropriate for a 1st century century-level legionary administrative clerk (subcornicularius? scribellus?) stationed on the Northern British frontier. Imagine the miles who writes up the fair-copies of the centurion's manpower and incident reports and forwards them to the cornicularius at the legion-level, et al.
What little I've seen on the web are fancy little bronze numbers that are beyond my capacity to fabricate. I imagine wood or horn would be ideal as both inexpensive and easy to produce and more durable than ceramics.
Any advice/pointers?
Maximas gratias vobis ago.
John Conant
C Antonius Retiarius
Legio IX Hispana
A true Latinist never declines sex
C Antonius Retiarius
Legio IX Hispana
A true Latinist never declines sex