Lead tags

Lead tags

On lead tags from Sisak, the so-called tesserae, we can almost always find personal names, in all probability the clients’ names, as well as numerous abbreviations and prices expressed in denarii.

How did a fuller or dyer know whom to return wool, textile or a piece of clothes after processing it? Attaching of a label with a note stating the name of the person, the service and the price seems a good way to evade the confusion that might occur at the returning of the objects.