But disappointment was in waiting,-theoverseer would not give the tessera.

Maximus Taurinus defines the tessera as a sign and symbol, 548-u.

Each tessera is worth a meager year's supply of grain and oil for one person.

I don't recognize the grain, our own tessera ration cooks down to an unattractive brown mush.

So bidding farewell to Petronius, he went hurriedly to the overseer of the "Putrid Pits" for his tessera.

You can see why someone like Madge, who has never been at risk of needing a tessera, can set him off.

Maximus Taurinus says: "The tessera is a symbol and sign by which to distinguish between the Faithful and the Profane."

Let her take my tessera; she can wrap her head in a cloth, cover her shoulders with a mantle, and pass out.

The very earth within those walls had a reddish cast owing to the innumerable fragments of red tile and tessera mixed with it.

Instead we drink milk from Prim's goat, Lady, and eat the rough bread made from the tessera grain, although no one has much appetite anyway.

A Tessera representative did immediately not respond to a request for comment.

Conceivably, Tessera still could find a partner interested in supporting its technology.

A new product from chip packaging company Tessera promises to help.

It's hard to say what Tessera's two projects would be worth.

The developer, Tessera Solar, sold the project to New York-based K Road Power late last month.

With the approval, Tessera can begin construction immediately.