romegreeceart:Vindolanda tablet -   A Birthday party invitation from Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepi

romegreeceart:Vindolanda tablet -   A Birthday party invitation from Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina (early 2nd century AD).The two women were wives of Roman cavalry officers who were stationed in garrisons in northern England. They became friends and apparently wrote to each other frequently. Two of the Claudia’s letters written on a wooden tablet have survived the ravages of time. In the letter above Claudia invites her friend to a birthday party that shall take place on the 11th of September. Caudia also explains that the day would be even more enjoyable to her, if Lepidina could come. Most of the letter has been written by a scribe but down right there are also a few lines of Claudia’s own handwriting. It’s a kind of closing of the letter there she describes Lepidina as her “sister” and “soulmate”. Source: Fæ [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons  -- source link

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