A paper-like material prepared in ancient Egypt from the stems of a water plant. Sheets of papyrus were used throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing and painting. The papyrus  plant was also used as a decorative motif in Egyptian and Minoan art.

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The Singer of Amun Nany’s funerary papyrus. Ca. 1050 BCE.

                          Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

     

                        Papyrus plant                       Papyrus capital, Karnak, Egypt