Wax tablet

Definition

A wooden tablet covered with a thin layer of wax into which letters could be scratched.

Used by OCR

Paper 4

Roman writing equipment included the stilus, wax tablet, pen, ink and papyrus. These were not interchangeable: scratching letters into wax required a different tool and action from writing in ink.
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GCSE Classics · key term

A wooden tablet covered with a thin layer of wax into which letters could be scratched.

Used by OCR

Paper 4

Roman writing equipment included the stilus, wax tablet, pen, ink and papyrus. These were not interchangeable: scratching letters into wax required a different tool and action from writing in ink.
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