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26.3. tabulae, tablets, of the shape of a folding slate, with wax spread inside, written on with a pointed instrument called stilus. See Fig. 27. — litteris Graecis: not in the Greek language, but in Greek letters. These were probably learned from colonists at Marseilles, as the Gauls had no alphabet of their own. The Druids made use of Greek letters (Bk. vi. ch. 14), but the Gauls in general seem to have been ignorant of them (Bk. v. ch. 48). Specimens of Gallic names on coins appear in the names DUBNOREX, [[Delta]]IVICIACOS, VERCINGETORIXS. See Fig. 29, Fig. 82.


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