RE: Archaeologists Find Athenian Naval Base
August 1, 2016 at 5:47 pm
(This post was last modified: August 1, 2016 at 5:47 pm by abaris.)
(August 1, 2016 at 5:42 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Scrolls may be expensive, but what about ink on wooden shavings?
Not the point. If you're interested in literacy, well there should be something to read. The letters were written on wood shavings, but to compose them, you had to know how to read and write. And again, what was there to read for an ordinary citizen or soldier?