Vintage postcard of a wall fragment with Roman text. Description on the back reads:
Fragment of painted wall plaster from a Roman house with Squared Word scratched in five lines through the surface colour: ROTAS, OPERA, TENET, AREPO, SATOR. Found in Cirencester during excavation in 1868. Prior to the discovery of this curious object, this squared arrangement of words was known as a kind of charm dating back to mediaeval times only.
Postmarked from 20th August 1938
87mm x 137mm
