1. Inked Pottery
Inked pottery, such as goblets, plates, lids, and pots, have letters on their bottom or sides. The letters may be the names of places or persons, official posts, facilities, where to use the items, benedictions, writing practice, or signs. The pottery is a source of information on the facilities in the fort, the names, posts, and organizations of officials and soldiers, and the details of daily life. To date, more than 1,751 pieces of inked pottery have been excavated from Akita Fort.
2. Wooden Tablets
As paper was still precious in those days, wooden tablets were for daily use, simple communication, and tagging items. More than 320 wooden tablets have been excavated from Akita Fort so far. Sixteen wooden tablets were found at the site of an ancient well (SE406), the Well of Tenpyō, in the Unoki district (in the twenty-fifth season of excavation), eight wooden tablets from the northwest bank of the ancient marsh (SG463), also in the Unoki district (in the 39th season of excavation), wood shavings from wooden tablets from the site of another ancient well (SE1176), the Well of Heian, in the eastern part of the Unoki district (in the fifty-eighth season of excavation). Most importantly, more than 300 wooden tablets were found in the fifty-fourth season of excavation from the burrow pit (SG1031), from which the earth for rammed earth walls collected, to the southwest of the Outer Walls East Gate.
