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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 8210576, member: 74799&quot;]Yeah, its crazy and there is so many manuscripts that I need to digitize, including paper and papyrus.I have been quite anxious to get these analyzed.&nbsp; The cuneiform tablets in my collection have mostly been analyzed.&nbsp; Still have about 3 or 4 that needs analysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>In ancient Rome, they used wax tablets.&nbsp; Alas I do not have a wax tablet in my collection (been looking for one for a while), but I do have the iron stylus that was used. The sharp end was used to inscribe whereas the flat end was the eraser to remove the wax:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/roman-iron-stylus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The tablet looks like the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440377[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can see an example of the above stylus and tablet in this Roman mosaic of a poet:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440336[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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