He published separately "Cairo Genizah Palimpsests", 1900. Innovative digitized images aid scholars in deciphering unreadable palimpsests. Specifically, Hinton spoke to two ideological palimpsests that the KR used. Cultural considerations also motivated the creation of palimpsests. It is preserved in inscriptions, manuscripts (mostly palimpsests in the first period) and amulets. If this is the case they would be similar to palimpsests on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Modern methods of reading palimpsests using ultraviolet light and photography are less damaging. Only inscriptions, fragmentary manuscripts and the underwriting of palimpsests survive from the early period. The original text on the palimpsests was erased anywhere between the 4th and 12th century. The first Georgian texts are inscriptions and palimpsests dating to the 5th century. Also, unlike JPA and SA, only primary texts survive for CPA (in palimpsests). A number of ancient works have survived only as palimpsests. He also suggested that some of the parchments were palimpsests which had been reused. He has also suggested that some of the parchments were palimpsests which had been reused. Some papyrus palimpsests do survive, and Romans referred to this custom of washing papyrus.