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Tabula ansata
Tablet with dovetail handles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tabula ansata or tabella ansata (Latin for "tablet with handles", plural tabulae ansatae or tabellae ansatae) is a tablet with dovetail handles.[1] It was a favorite form for votive tablets in Imperial Rome.[2]
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