English: Contract for the sale of a slave girl, Roman London, c.90 CE, dug up at 1 Poultry, London, as decoded by Roger Tomlin. The girl Fortunata was from Gaul, and was purchased for 600 denarii, about two years' salary for a soldier. Her purchaser was one Vegetus, who described himself as the slave of yet another slave, Montanus, himself a slave of the Roman Emperor. Thus Fortunata was a sub-sub-slave. In Rome rich slaves could own slaves of their own. The material was part of rubbish tipped into the River Walbrook, and consisted of the remains of a writing tablet. The wax had decayed, but the stylus scratches had gone through to the wooden backing and could eventually be deciphered by Dr Tomlin. This is his drawing.