Shallow recesses in hinged wooden panels were overlaid with smooth beeswax. Using a stylus, a writer could make notes on this surface. The writing could thereafter be erased and the newly smoothed surface be reused.
ხის დაფის უსწორმასწორო ზედაპირს ცვილით ასწორებდნენ და ზედ წკირით წერდნენ.