papyrus 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
    paper rush

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1. Yes, papyrus.

2. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29 (P. Oxy.

3. Papyrus fragment of The Histories

4. Papyrus tears, discolors, and weakens easily.

5. A Treasure Trove of Papyrus Manuscripts

6. The Egyptians wrote on papyrus.

7. Jochebed gathered up some papyrus shoots.

8. Translated from the Papyrus, by Joseph Smith

9. BULRUSH (אַגְמﯴן, H109, rush, Bulrushes; גֹּ֫מֶא, H1687, papyrus)

10. The Bromalgamate is an Amalgamate of Sans and Papyrus

11. We could see the moon over the papyrus swamps.

12. Djedefhor: Also known as Hordjedef, mentioned in Papyrus Westcar.

13. In the derveni papyrus a different view is found.

14. The Ipuwer Papyrus (officially Papyrus Leiden I 344 recto but also known as The Admonitions of Ipuwer) is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus now held in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, Netherlands

15. Roberts suspected that this papyrus scrap was very old.

16. There will be green grass and reeds and papyrus.

17. “The papyrus bundles undulated like rubber cables over the waves.

18. Why have so few ancient documents written on papyrus survived?

19. The ancient Egyptians, documented in the Ebers Papyrus (c.

20. Several papyrus wet-nursing contracts have survived from Near Eastern antiquity.

21. Chester Beatty P46, a papyrus Bible manuscript from about 200 C.E.

22. Desert places become well-watered places of reeds and papyrus plants

23. The papyrus plant was also the symbol of Lower Egypt.

24. The use of papyrus in writing encouraged the development of books.

25. Dealers would turn up with cardboard boxes full of papyrus scraps.

26. The ancient Egyptians wore sandals made of palm-leaves and papyrus.

27. Can papyrus shoot up without marsh ? Can reeds grow without water?

28. 11 Will a papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh?

29. Sewadjkare's name appears on the 7th column, 13th line of the papyrus.

30. In those days , paper was made from strips of the papyrus plant.

31. Papyrus: Egyptian reed form where the earliest form of paper was made.

32. The Egyptians are also famous for developing papyrus as a writing material.

33. A folded papyrus document, bound with a string and clay seal

34. But, does it take a tiny scrap of obscure papyrus to do that?

35. Sewadjkare III's prenomen appears on the 9th column, 6th line of the papyrus.

36. Beatty also collected a huge number of papyrus manuscripts, both religious and secular.

37. Some of the scrolls could have been of papyrus but others of parchment.

38. Speech became eternal, thanks to certain marks on stone and clay and papyrus.

39. Bardie, the Arabic word for papyrus, is a platform for my paintings

40. Lower Egypt was known as Ta-Mehu which means "land of papyrus."

41. 19 Can papyrus shoot up without marsh ? Can reeds grow without water?

42. He is holding a partially rolled papyrus scroll in his left hand.

43. Papyrus enabled the ancients to spread their religion to a wider audience.

44. Today, the papyrus documents everywhere are faced with danger of spontaneous combustion.

45. They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

46. The Blasphemer hidden papyrus can be found in Valley Market in the Faiyum region

47. Many papyrus documents were in a very fragmented state when put up for sale.

48. Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

49. They also profited from an extensive papyrus trade with Egypt and the Greek world.

50. Woollen cloth and timber were sent to Egypt in exchange for linen or papyrus.