The Bloomberg tablets are a collection of 405[1] preserved wooden tablets that were found at the site of the Bloomberg building in the financial district of London.[2] Excavations of the site took place between 2010 and 2013, after which the current Bloomberg building was constructed on the site of the archaeological dig.
The tablets are the earliest written documents found in Britain, dating from 50 to 80 AD in the early Roman period. These tablets predate the notable Vindolanda tablets,[3] which were previously the earliest writing examples found in Britain, dating to 100 AD or later.
- ^ "Ancient Roman IOUs Found Beneath Bloomberg's New London HQ". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.; Roger S. O. Tomlin: Roman London's first voices: writing tablets from the Bloomberg excavations, 2010-14 (=Mola Monographs 72), London 2016, ISBN 9781907586408
- ^ "Roman London's first voices: writing tablets from the Bloomberg excavations, 2010–14". Museum of London Archaeology. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "UK's oldest hand-written document 'at Roman London dig'". BBC News. June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.