Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer's Odyssey, ca. 285–250

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Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer's Odyssey, Early Hellenistic, ca. 285–250 , Greek, Ptolemaic, Papyrus, 7 1/2 in. ( cm), Miscellaneous-Papyrus, For the ancient Greeks, papyrus, a paper made from the stalks of the papyrus plant, was the preferred material on which to record permanent writings, such as a marriage contract or, as here, a book. Writing on papyrus was done with a stylus, such as a sharpened reed with a split point or a bronze pen with nib, and ink, usually made of lampblack in water

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