papyri in English

noun
1
a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.
The ramps were built out of clay, wood and papyrus .
2
the tall aquatic sedge from which papyrus is obtained, native to central Africa and the Nile valley.
Set the lily at the bottom of the container; the papyrus and forget-me-not should be positioned on stacked bricks so that their crowns are two-to-four inches below the water's surface.
noun
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1. Since then, more papyri have become available.

2. The year 1971 saw the release for publication of fragments of an ancient papyrus scroll (Fouad 266 papyri).

3. Religious festivals did certainly take place in sun temples, as is attested to by the Abusir papyri.

4. Egyptian papyri reveal that the naturally occurring mineral stibnite (black Antimony sulphide) was given to patients to treat fevers and skin conditions.

5. In order to become one, she had to train as a scribe and study the medical papyri stored at the Per Ankh, the House of Life.

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7. It examines hagiography, monastic rules and letters, and documentary papyri to reassess the state of the field and to produce a fuller portrait of Anchoritic and semi-Anchoritic female asceticism

8. The main argument in favor of this filiation is that the succession from Djedkare to Unas seems to have been smooth, as suggested indirectly, for example, by the Abusir papyri.

9. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, page 486: Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of Alphabetical language.· According to the

10. The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek is also available online and as a two-volume boxed set.The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek is the English translation of Franco Montanari s Vocabolario della Lingua Greca.With an established reputation as the most important modern dictionary for Ancient Greek, it brings together 140,000 headwords taken from the literature, papyri, inscriptions and other