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Wax tablet from Egypt

Two pieces of wood joined by a hinge. Each piece of wood has a shallow cavity in the center which would have held the wax. Lines of text are visible where the user scratched through the wax into the wood.

Annotations

Writing exercises of a schoolchild, 3rd century AD Egypt. Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne de Marseille.

Online Resources

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons user Rama

Associated Passages

Ovid, Amores 1.11

Sulpicia 13 [Appendix Tibulliana 3.13]

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Date

3rd century AD

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Location

Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne de Marseille

Image Credit

Wikimedia Commons

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