wax tablet
Roman writing surface
A wax tablet is a writing surface used in antiquity and the medieval period, consisting of a wooden board coated with wax.
Writers scratched text into the soft wax with a stylus, then smoothed it over to erase and reuse.
The tablets were often hinged together in pairs or sets.
Students practiced their letters on wax tablets.
Pointed implement for marking
- inscribeCarve letters into surface
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- diptychHinged two-part artwork
triptych · polyptych · antiquity · classical · Pompeii · schoolboy · reusable · portable
Structural timber assembly
- hingedConnected by pivot joint
- diptychHinged two-part artwork
- triptychArt in three panels
- polyptychMulti-panel hinged artwork
ivory · bone · leather strap · resin · pigment · blackened · surface · layer
Pointed implement for marking
- inscribeCarve letters into surface
- inciseCut into material
- etchIncise a surface
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
impress · engrave · letters · script · notation · composition · draft · erase
stylus
Pointed implement for marking
diptych · triptych · polyptych · antiquity · classical · Pompeii · schoolboy · reusable · portable · notebook
wooden frame
Structural timber assembly
polyptych · ivory · bone · leather strap · resin · pigment · blackened · surface · layer · coating
stylus
Pointed implement for marking
scratch · impress · engrave · letters · script · notation · composition · draft · erase · smooth
schoolboy
Male student, typically young
pupil · student · teacher · learning · arithmetic · alphabet · dictation · copying · homework · memorization
seal
Authentication stamp or mark
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- signetEngraved personal seal
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
notarize · official · document · contract · legal · witness · signature · cachet · emboss · stamp
- ancient communicationsmoke signal, hieroglyphs, carrier pigeon, pictographs, pictograms
- ancient documentsscroll, scrolls, papyrus, papyrus scrolls, parchment
- ancient writinghieroglyphs, cuneiform, papyrus, scroll, inscription
- Roman artifactsamphora, amphorae, gladius, denarius, toga
- Roman writingLatin alphabet, Roman numerals, cursive, uppercase, lowercase
- writing surfacespaper, papyrus, parchment, vellum, blackboard
wax tabletpapyrus
Ancient plant-derived writing material
stone tablet · parchment · clay tablet · vellum · paper
wax tablettouchscreen
Input-sensitive display panel
smartphone · e-reader · iPad · word processor · computer screen
wax, tablet, waxy, waxing, waxed, tablets, beeswax, waxes, earwax