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Item Description
EGYPTIAN PAPYRUS PAPER
5 sheets of pre-drawn original PAPYRUS PAPER
Genuine Egyptian papyrus sheets with approximate dimensions 20cm x 30cm.
This Printed papyrus is supplied as a pack of 5 with a pre-drawn Egyptian design on each sheet. Designs include: Cleopatra, Ramses and Hathor, Birds in Acacia Tree, Ramses Proffers Flowers, Battle of Kadesh.
Also at our Ebay shop Blank Papyrus is supplied as a pack of 10 sheets, and also includes an information sheet detailing the origins and use of papyrus, and a transliteration of hieroglyphic letters and numerals.
THIS PAPER IS PERFECT FOR CARD MAKING, SCRAPBOOKING AND ANY CRAFT PROJECT AT THE HOME OR OFFICE
PAPYRUS IS AN EARLY FORM OF PAPER MADE FROM THE PITH OF THE PAPYRUS PLANT
A SHEET OF PAPYRUS IS MADE FROM THE STEM OF THE PLANT. THE OUTER RIND IS STRIPPED OFF FIRST AND THE STICKY FIBROUS INNER PITH IS CUT LENGTHWISE INTO THIN STRIPS OF ABOUT 40CM LONG. THE STRIPS ARE THEN PLACED SIDE BY SIDE ON A HARD SURFACE, WITH THEIR EDGES SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING, AND THEN ANOTHER LAYER OF STRIPS IS LAID ON TOP AT A RIGHT ANGLE. WHILST STILL MOIST THE TWO LAYERS ARE HAMMERED TOGETHER, MASHING THE LAYERS INTO A SINGLE SHEET. PAPYRUS IS STILL MUCH USED BY COMMUNITIES LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF SWAMPS.
Many more hard to find craft goods can be located at our eBay shop
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