Wax plate

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A wooden plate coated with wax served as a writing surface. This type of plate was used for educational purposes, but also for commercial and municipal records, even tax documents. They could be secured with a strap. A stylus was employed to write on them. Dating back to the 15th century, this artifact is now housed at The Museum of Archeology and History in Elbląg. This object's digitalization was facilitated by the Regional Digitalization Workshop.