last-of-the-romans:A Writer’s ToolsA writer’s tools might include an inkwell and papyrus scrolls or
last-of-the-romans:A Writer’s ToolsA writer’s tools might include an inkwell and papyrus scrolls or less expensive wax tablets and stylus. The tablets could also be bound and they could be erased with the flat end of the stylus. Papyrus was made of the pith of a water plant; ink was a mixture of soot, resin, wine dregs and cuttlefish.Roman Terracotta Inkwell (1st or 2nd Century A.D.)Roman/Egyptian Papyrus Letter (early 3rd Century A.D.)Byzantine/Egyptian Wooden Tablet (500-700 A.D.)Roman Bronze Stylus (1st or 2nd Century A.D.) (x)(x)(x)(x) The Metropolitan Museum of Art. -- source link