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