Black Roman Wax Tablet (14 × 9 cm)

• Measurements: 14 × 9 × 0.8 cm
• Wax color: black
• Includes: cotton bag for storage.

Write like a Roman two thousand years ago

The Roman wax tablet was the most common writing medium in the daily life of the Roman Empire. Its wax surface allowed writing, erasing, and rewriting as many times as necessary, making it the equivalent of our modern notebooks or pads.

A Roman stylus, a small pointed tool made of iron, bronze, bone, or ivory, was used for writing. The pointed end was used to engrave words on the wax, while the flat end allowed for smoothing and erasing the text to reuse the tablet.

Tabulae ceratae accompanied merchants, students, scribes, and officials. They were used to jot down accounts, school exercises, messages, lists, or provisional documents before transferring them to papyrus or parchment.

From this practice came the well-known Latin expression tabula rasa, which literally means "erased tablet" and which we still use today to refer to starting anew.

Made of wood and beeswax

This reproduction is made of beech wood and filled with black pigmented beeswax, following the appearance of the tablets used in Ancient Rome.

Each piece is handcrafted, so there may be slight variations that make each tablet unique.

Ideal for historical reenactment, educational workshops, writing with a Roman stylus, collecting, or as a gift for history lovers.