tablet

CEFR: B2

A flat slab of stone, baked clay, or wood with a prepared surface used in antiquity for inscribing text; or a small solid disc of compressed medicine.

Synonyms

plaque
slab
stele

Common Collocations

stone tablet
swallow a tablet
clay tablet

Example Sentence

Over thirty thousand baked clay tablets containing astronomical observations and royal letters were catalogued in the Nineveh archives.