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Depictions of bone ‘spatulate’ strips and a few thoughts about their function (2023)
Book Chapter
Willi, A. (2023). Depictions of bone ‘spatulate’ strips and a few thoughts about their function. In T. Grüll (Ed.), Representations of Writing Materials on Roman Funerary Monuments. Text, Image, Message. Archaeopress

This contribution offers the identification of so-called bone ‘spatulate’ strips in two Roman funerary reliefs. This increases the number of known depictions to four, allowing for a reassessment of the iconographic evidence for this enigmatic Roman t... Read More about Depictions of bone ‘spatulate’ strips and a few thoughts about their function.

Inscriptions for inscribers: texts on Roman writing equipment (2022)
Journal Article
Willi, A. (2022). Inscriptions for inscribers: texts on Roman writing equipment. Journal of Epigraphic Studies, 5, 63–104

Inspired by the recent find of an inscribed stylus at London’s Bloomberg site, this article provides a survey of Roman styli, inkwells and wax-spatula handles with inscriptions. After a discussion of the geographical and chronological distribution of... Read More about Inscriptions for inscribers: texts on Roman writing equipment.

Writing in the garden (2022)
Journal Article
Willi, A., & Hovell, G. (2022). Writing in the garden. Topiarius, 26, 23-26

Writing and Power in the Roman World: Literacies and Material Culture. By H. Eckardt. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. Pp. 282, illus. Price: £80.00. isbn9781108418058 (bound); 9781108284172 (ebook) (2020)
Journal Article
Willi, A. (2020). Writing and Power in the Roman World: Literacies and Material Culture. By H. Eckardt. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. Pp. 282, illus. Price: £80.00. isbn9781108418058 (bound); 9781108284172 (ebook). Britannia, 51, 535-536. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0068113x20000215