Wooden Writing Tablets, 500–700, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Wood and wax, Overall (with mount): 10 1/2 x 11 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (26.7 x 30.2 x 14 cm), Woodwork-Miscellany, The recessed areas of these tablets were filled with wax and employed for writing and record keeping. A stylus, or pointed wooden pen, would have been used to write in the wax. Joined pairs of tablets such as these were made in many materials, including ivory
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Wooden Writing Tablets, 500–700, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Wood, wax, Overall, mount, 10 1/2 x 11 7/8 5 1/2, 26.7 30.2 14 cm, Woodwork-Miscellany, recessed, areas, tablets, filled, employed, writing, record keeping, stylus, pointed wooden, pen, write, Joined pairs, materials, ivory
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