Location: Jamestown Settlement, Richmond, Virginia
Year Discovered: 2009
Est. Value: Unknown
In 2009, archaeologists dug up a 400-year-old slate in Richmond, Virginia’s Jamestown settlement. The slate was discovered in what was when an old well, as well as it has to have been created by an early English musician. The 4″ x 8″ slate is covered in detailed representations of trees, birds, flowers, male caricatures, letters, and numbers.
The inscriptions were developed making use of a pencil, however the grooves are pencil made remained externally, even when the lead was wiped away.
Based upon a few military-related insignia on the slate, it is possible that the artist was a high-up government official with a propensity for drawing.