sentences:  During the late 6th Dynasty, hieratic was sometimes incised into mud tablets with a stylus, similar to cuneiform.About five hundred of these tablets have been discovered in the governor's palace at Ayn Asil (Balat), and a single example was discovered from the site of Ayn al-Gazzarin, both in the Dakhla Oasis.At the time the tablets were made, Dakhla was located far from centers of papyrus production.