- Ancient form of paper - Ancient paper - Ancient writing material - Early form of paper - Scroll material of antiquity - A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge
family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria,
Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick. - The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It
was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal
slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
- A metallic alloy of a deep black color. - The art, process, or method of decorating metal with
incised designs filled with the black alloy. - A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated. - An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised
decoration or metal plate.