Slate (writing) expensive. Slate (writing) A slate is a thin piece of hard flat material, such as the rock also called slate, that is used as a medium for writing. The rock is “a metamorphic rock created by the recrystallization of the minerals in shale from clay to parallel-aligned, flat, flake-like minerals such as mica”. The writing slate consisted of a piece of slate, typically either 4x6 inches or 7x10 inches, encased in a wooden frame. A precise date range for writing slates of this type has not been established. Usually, a piece of cloth or slate sponge was used to clean
Balinese name Inter-caste marriages occur. Those who marry someone from a higher caste will adopt the name "Jero" ("come in") in front of their name. A name may have a prefix to indicate gender, "I" for males and "Ni" for females. Typical names are. for example, "I Wayan Pedjeng" (first-born male whose personal name is "moon") or "Ni Ketut Sulastri" (fourth-born female whose personal name is "fine light"). Unlike Javanese names, Balinese names of Sanskrit origin do not experience vowel change from "a" to "o" (as in Javanese "Susilo", from "Susila"). Balinese name A Balinese name is part of a system of