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Wooden Tablet
unknownUnified Silla, 8~9th century
Gyeongju National Museum
Gyeongju-si, South Korea
This type of wooden tablet consists of a carved wooden stick or plank with writing on it. It was used as a popular writing material in ancient China along with silk, but with the emergence of paper, its use was gradually limited to writing practice or as a tag attached to objects.
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Details
- Title: Wooden Tablet
- Creator: unknown
- Date Created: Unified Silla, 8~9th century
- Location: Wolji, Inwang-dong, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Korea
- Type: documents
- Rights: Gyeongju National Museum
- Medium: L 22.1cm(left)
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