Roman Inscribed Brick

The brick below is in the Grosvenor Museum. It was found in Holt in 1991, and was used as a notepad before it was fired in the kiln. The letters read:

sumtu

iuniu

x iiii

maternu

sumtuaria

belletus

which translates as: 'expenses, Junius 4 denarii, Maternus, expenses....Belletus'.
The names Junius, Maternus and Belletus are in different handwriting, so three workmen were signing for expenses they received from a superior.

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