papyrus - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • publish: This same papyrus published by Hayes will give us much information on this aspect of the life of Joseph.
  • have: We are fortunate to have a papyrus from the Middle Kingdom that deals with slaves.
  • know: It is recorded in the longest know papyrus, the Great Harris Papyrus, that many people throughout the region were made homeless.

Modifies a noun

  • codex: Linguistic or numerical listing was employed and the storage media were clay tablets, papyrus codices, leather scrolls or hieroglyphics.
  • swamp: Kenya: Found closely associated with water, particularly papyrus swamps, in the W of the country.
  • scroll: This was much faster to write, especially on papyrus scrolls.
  • reed: The early boats were made from papyrus reeds bound together with string made from reed fibers.
  • fragment: Also a Matthew papyrus fragment dated to the 60s AD has been discovered 4.
  • manuscript: To my knowledge there are about 97 papyrus fragment manuscripts of the New Testament.

Noun used with modifier

  • century: P66 is a second century papyrus that contains almost all of John.

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