Tabula ansata

A *tabula ansata* on the right side of the boss on a soldier shield, metope XXIV from Tropaeum Traiani

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]

^ Giroire, Cécile; Roger, Daniel (2007). Roman art from the Louvre. Hudson Hills Press. p. 109. ISBN 1-55595-283-6.
^ Meyer, Elizabeth A. (2004). Legitimacy and law in the Roman world: tabulae in Roman belief and practice. Cambridge University Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-521-49701-9. LCCN 2003051532.

[1] Giroire, Cécile; Roger, Daniel (2007). Roman art from the Louvre. Hudson Hills Press. p. 109. ISBN 1-55595-283-6.

[2] Meyer, Elizabeth A. (2004). Legitimacy and law in the Roman world: tabulae in Roman belief and practice. Cambridge University Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-521-49701-9. LCCN 2003051532.

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