(13) He noted down on a papyrus or an ostraka a full record of the grain measured so that a definite tax liability could be determined. (11) a remarkable papyrus recently acquired by the British Museum (12) A papyrus from Ancient Egypt cites juniper berries as an ingredient for a medicine to treat tape worms and juniper is still widely used by the pharmaceutical industry today. (8) a pond thickly planted with papyrus (9) the text was preserved, probably on papyrus (10) One of the oldest surviving mathematical writings is the Rhind papyrus, named after the Scottish Egyptologist A Henry Rhind who purchased it in Luxor in 1858. (7) The ancient Egyptians either engraved the hieroglyphs in the stonework of their temples or painted them on the walls of the burial chamber or inscribed them with a reed pen on rolls of papyrus, the antecedent of our paper.
(6) Some farmers cleared papyrus from the lower wetlands to cultivate rice, not realising that by releasing an oil on the water's surface, the papyrus had acted as a barrier against certain mosquitoes. (5) Around 3000 B.C., the Egyptians developed a writing material using papyrus, the plant for which paper is named. (4) The dates are calculated from ancient lists, especially the Turin royal papyrus, and from various other sources. (2) a papyrus scroll (3) The documents of the early medieval period in Italy take the following shape: no more than about fifty documents survive from the sixth and seventh centuries, nearly all on papyrus, and nearly all from Ravenna. Send us feedback about these examples.(1) His first design was created in a low bowl with fatsia leaves, Scots pine, oak leaves, strelitzia leaves and papyrus, then three large alliums and Singapore orchids were placed with skeletonised tenax leaves and some moss. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'papyrus.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2020 From handwriting on papyrus and parchment to words printed by mechanical press, these sacred texts have been passed on in many formats. 2023 And writing materials like papyrus do have impressive longevity: Egyptian shipping records related to the construction of the pyramids have endured for nearly 4,600 years. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2023 According to Waziri, the papyrus will be presented at the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo sometime this year. 2023 However, other partial papyri were recently found at the Saqqara site, including one just last year when archeologists discovered a 13-foot-long scroll containing portions of the Book of the Dead. 2023 The papyri scrolls that have been discovered come from a variety of different time periods across ancient Egyptian history. Christopher Michel, Country Living, 3 Apr. 2023 As adults, mosquitoes eat the nectar of certain plants, such as taro, papyrus, water lilies, and water hyacinths. 2023 The show also provides a good excuse to admire some of the treasures in the Bridwell’s first-rate collection of rare books and manuscripts, including a Gutenberg Bible and a sixth-century papyrus manuscript of the Book of Romans. Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. Recent Examples on the Web Seales’ team has also trained machine learning algorithms to distinguish between differences in the papyrus’ structure, helping researchers see where ink settled on the page.
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