| 1. | Valentin Yanin discovered three wooden wax tablets in the soil.
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| 2. | Wax tablets were used as writing surfaces.
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| 3. | The woman holds a stylus and wax tablet, emphasizing that she is educated and literate.
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| 4. | Wax tablets were used for high-volume business records of transient importance until the 19th century.
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| 5. | Complex designs were planned out beforehand, probably on wax tablets, the sketch pad of the era.
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| 6. | Court records and notes were written on wax tablets, while important documents were written on papyrus or parchment.
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| 7. | The first Greek script, a cursive script, developed from quick carving into wax tablets with a slate pencil.
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| 8. | Wax tablets were pieces of wood covered in a thick enough coating of wax to record the impressions of a stylus.
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| 9. | The Romans used lead styli with wax tablets which could be " erased " by rubbing the beeswax surface smooth again.
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| 10. | His figures and perhaps diagrams were recorded on " wax tablets ", later to be written up on scrolls.
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