An Ancient CD ROM
According to renowned forensic anthropologists, this is a Compactus Discus/Read Only Manuscript from the ancient Byzantine Empire, circa 573 AD.
Back in those times, scribes and para-scribes who enacted laws and rendered judgements were forced to chisel their briefs in standard lined yellow clay tablets. Since acronyms and abbreviations had not yet been invented, an average brief could easily fill a dozen or more tablets.
A journeyman pictographer reasoned that more words could be incised if the lines of test curved in an unending spiral around the tablet. Since scribes were paid by the word, more money could be demanded for circular writing. The reduced cost of materials would result in greater profit per tort.
Since the round tablet was considerably smaller than the prevailing legal stones, it became known as a Compact Discus. Because the text could not be erased or overscribed, it became known as Read Only manuscript.
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