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.

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

Online Resources
Image Source: Rama
Associated Passages
Ovid, Amores 1.11