id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1241 Wax tablet - Wikipedia .html text/html 1379 200 74 A carved stone panel dating to between 640-615 BCE that was excavated from the South-West Palace of the Assyrian ruler Sennacherib, at Nineveh in Iraq (British Museum, ME 124955) depicts two figures, one clearly clasping a scroll and the other bearing what is thought to be an open diptych.[5] Berthe van Regemorter identified a similar figure in the Neo-Hittite Stela of Tarhunpiyas (Musée du Louvre, AO 1922.), dating to the late 8th century BCE, who is seen holding what may be a form of tablature with a unique button closure.[6][7] Writing tablets of ivory were found in the ruins of Sargon's palace in Nimrud.[8] Margaret Howard surmised that these tablets might have once been connected together using an ingenious hinging system with cut pieces of leather resembling the letter "H" inserted into slots along the edges to form a concertina structure.[9] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wax tablets. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1241.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1241.txt