This bronze plate was once set into a hornbook, a wooden paddle that held a sheet with the letters of the alphabet protected by a thin sliver of horn.
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3DZ
Opening times:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday: 12.00pm - 4:30pm
Admission free
This bronze plate was once set into a hornbook, a wooden paddle that held a sheet with the letters of the alphabet protected by a thin sliver of horn.