Recently, new texts, wax tablets, have surfaced that throw unexpected light on the legal system in place in Roman Britain. The word "surfaced" has its literal meaning here. They were dug up on the site of what was to become Bloomberg's European headquarters in London. The "Bloomberg tablets" include: • WT 29: a letter from a slave to a master about cattle as investment; • WT 30: a letter about a loan that has seemingly affected someone’s financial reputation; • WT 35: a note of a deposit (!) using the term arra of 200 denarii. • WT 44: a written acknowledgement of a debt incurred as a consequence of a sale of goods; • WT 45: a lex locationis for the transport of goods from St. Albans to London; • WT 50: a receipt for rent collected by a slave in relation to two farms; • WT 51: a praeiudicium together with the source of the jurisdictional competence (the Emperor) • WT 55: some sort of promise (maybe a stipulation?) • WT 57: a procuratio (with some ...