Vindolanda Tablets Online

This online edition of the Vindolanda writing tablets, excavated from the Roman fort at Vindolanda in northern England, includes the following elements:
Tablets - a searchable online edition of the tablets (volumes I and II)
Exhibition - an introduction to the tablets and their context
Reference - a guide to aspects of the tablets’ content
Help - navigation and using the site

Also available are highlights from the tablets.

The website is part of the Script, Image and the Culture of Writing in the Ancient World programme, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is a collaborative project between the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents and the Academic Computing Development Team, Oxford University.

Scholarly publications should refer to this site as:
Vindolanda Tablets Online http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/
Editions of individual tablets may be cited in the form http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/TVII-291 (Tab. Vindol. II 291)

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Tablets

Search Tablets database , Browse Tablets database , Tab. Vindol. II Introductory chapters , Tab. Vindol. II Category introductions , Tab. Vindol. II Abbreviations and Bibliography , Digitising Vindolanda , Tab. Vindol. I and Tab. Vindol. II Addenda and Corrigenda , TVI Introductory Chapters , The print publication and the online edition , Print-friendly Tablet display

Exhibition

Vindolanda and its setting

Vindolanda and Rome , Excavations at Vindolanda , A guide to Vindolanda

History of Vindolanda

The conquest of northern Britain , Vindolanda and its northern context , Locations around Vindolanda , Pre-Hadrianic Vindolanda , Period 1 , Period 2 , Period 3 , Period 4 , Period 5

Forts and military life

The fort plan , Soldier's lives - military routines , Soldiers and builders , Manufacture and repair , Transport and supplies , Diet and dining

People

Vindolanda units and their origins , Officers and men, families and traders , The Britons

Introducing Documents

Writing tablets - forms and technology , Writing instruments and equipment , The use and formats of writing tablets , Other documents at Vindolanda , Clerks, Latin and education

Reading the tablets

Scripts at Vindolanda , Chicken scratches - reading the tablets , Transcription exercise

About this exhibition

Reference

Names , Auxiliary units , Military ranks , Numerals , Dates and events , Currency , Weights and measures

Help

General information and site navigation , Tablets guide , Frequently Asked Questions , Searching the website