Tablette de douanier

Marseille (13) - Musée d'Histoire de Marseille

© Denis Glicksman, Inrap

This tablet was used by customs officers to tax goods entering Marseille for 40th of their value. Covered with wax, the tablet could be reused over and over again: all that was needed was to melt the wax to smooth it out and engrave it again with a stylus.

Where to find it

Marseille (13) - Musée d'Histoire de Marseille
Square Belsunce

13001 Marseille

Commune of discovery

Marseille

Locality

Place Jules Verne

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1992

Chief Scientist

HESNARD, Antoinette

Inventory number

MDM D1998.1.18

Scope

Economy and trade ➔ Trade

Materials

Organic ➔ Wood

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Bas-Empire [235/ 476]

Dimensions

L. 14.7 cm, l. 9.6 cm, P. 0.4 cm,