Papyrus leaf 60x20cm cut, Egyptian natural papyrus

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SKU: 20832

Hand maid papyrus from Egypt directly from the Nile Delta. The Papyrus leaves are traditionally made. Papyrus - did you know? Papyrus | The pharaoh had the monopoly on the manufacturing of papyrus, the word papyrus is created by pa (ownership) and peraa (pharaoh).

Premium Papyrus direct from Egypt
Each papyrus sheet is handmade
An authentic piece of Egyptian history
Fairly produced in small family businesses
Traditional, ancient craft technique

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Fair trade papyrus

The direct purchase of papyrus from farmers in Egypt supports their families. Fair prices and regular purchase of papyrus products enable families to plan and invest for the long term. The fair trade is more than import and distribution of papyrus. The personal relationship with the papyrus producers and the family members is important to us and guarantees that no middlemen in Egypt and Europe drive the prices up. This is important to us !

"We have understood that behind every sheet of papyrus there is a human being with basic needs."

So all family members as well as our team work together to keep the economic operation and production of Papyrus up and running and help with fair prices so that the families can live from it.

Papyrus from Egypt: Egyptian ancestor of paper

In Roman antiquity, a papyrus roll was the most important material for writing on and was produced purely by hand then, as it still is today. Papyrus bushes grew along the Nile. Greeks and Romans were convinced by the advantages of the papyrus of antiquity. Even today, important documents are recorded on a papyrus scroll because of the longevity of the material.

Papyrus Plants - Papyri Shop History

In small towns in Egypt, in the Nile Delta, papyrus leaves are still traditionally made from plants. Many rural families live among the papyrus fields. They harvest papyrus at almost any time of the year, the long perennial plants of the Cyprus grass, and process the raw material into papyrus leaves with great skill. Each leaf is carefully produced in more than ten individual steps, giving it its individual, handcrafted character. The papyrus roll is produced using the same technique as thousands of years ago.

Papyrus sheet from Egypt

Ancient Egypt - pharaohs, pyramids, papyrus

These are the three p-terms coming into our minds immediately when thinking about the fabulous world of the old Egyptians. The pharaohs` pursue of immortality and joining the world of the Gods resulted in the construction of the great pyramids which are fascinating us even today. A lesser known fact is that the small papyrus sheet acted also as a mummies´ cover, for example.

For that purpose the papyri (plural of papyrus) were sticked together to entire cardboard packages. And even nowadays old texts still readible can be found on the papyrus sheet when peeling off the cardboard packages. In the ancient world papyrus sheet was the most important material to write on ever, so at that time it played the same part as paper does today, so to say. The German expression "Papier" refers to the Latin expression "papyrus" that is borrowed from the Greek "pápyros" which again is based on the reconstructed ancient Greek expression "pa-en-per-aa", meaning more or less "from pharao".

Handworked papyrus for impressive writings
Size: approx. 60 x 20 cm
Material: pulp of the papyrus plant
Manufacture: Handwork from Egypt
Property: naturally embedded leaf margins

The papyrus sheet is telling history and captures the world

In old Egypt papyrus has been used as a material to write on already from the third century before Christ and it remained the common writing material for letters or certificates until the early Middle Ages. Although papyrus is very sensitive to humidity or mechanical strain, however the material shows an amazing long-term durability and it provided many valuable informations especially to the archaeologists. The most famous papyrus rolls are the Herculaneum papyri which were preserved by massive ash layers from the powerful Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 Anno Domini and were found only through accidentally later excavations.

Further more than 400.000 papyri from the old Egyptian Oxyrhynchus will bring up much interesting information again. Also the history of Cleopatra shows the meaning of the papyrys rolls. For a very long time she could not forgive Caesar that his soldiers set the large, famous and destructive fire in the library of Alexandria whereby thousands of significant papyrus writings were destroyed. After this event Caesar had to promise her to deliver each new-found document from his conquered territories to her library. Indeed, Caesar kept his promise to keep the favour of this fascinating ruler.

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Papyrus sheets differences

Papyrus natural border

With natural irregular edges
Each papyrus sheet purely handmade
An authentic product of Egyptian history
Fairly produced in Egypt

Papyrus cut

With cut smooth edges
Each papyrus sheet purely handmade
An authentic product of Egyptian history
Fairly produced in Egypt

Papyrus Antique

With natural irregular border
The papyrus strips are darkened by long soaking and then crafted
Each papyrus sheet is purely handmade
Real product of Egyptian history
Fairly produced in Egypt

Sheet edges:	Smooth cut
Sheet size:	Spezial size
SKU:	20832
Shipping weight:	0,01 kg
Item weight:	0,01 kg
Dimensions ( Length × Width ):	60,00 × 20,00 cm

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gute Qualität
Produkt entsprach meinen Erwartungen, sehr zufrieden, genauso wurde es benötigt.
Klasse Papier. Gedicht zum 50. Hochzeitstag darauf geschrieben, sieht toll aus und kam super gut an.
Danke

Nadja O , 23.08.2019 Verified purchase