Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use papyri in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word papyri? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
The first stage was the publication of transcriptions and apparatus criticus and plates of the papyri.
There are few papyri from his reign, but hieroglyphic inscriptions from the Delta present him as a traditional pharaoh.
The papyri contain remarkable information written by Philodemus describing the arguments of his teacher Zeno with the Stoics.
We had beached along a spot in the Nile heavy with papyri, a small tributary.
Documents written on papyri were found in some pyramid temples, especially at Abusir.
A University of Michigan undergraduate student found some untranslated papyri in the university vault.
The papyri were discovered on the Museum's Theban expedition of 1921-22 in the tomb of one Meseh.
Slave-drawn carts rumbled through the streets laden with confiscated papyri.
Together, its sections form a colossal frieze or scroll that the artist likened to Egyptian papyri.
As Egyptian life changed rather than ended, so the eye travels down and across the texts, along the papyri, from wordly symbol to symbolic word.
The inks of antiquity were made of soot: nearly pure carbon, the same stuff that the charred papyri now consist of.
Instead of rolls of papyri, that each ship delivered in Alexandria, today there are rolls of digital information.
For everyday purposes a cursive script was employed: typical examples are to be seen in the Arabic papyri from Egypt.
I saw the Guards raiding some of the temples, arresting some, cautioning others, and carrying out bales of papyri.
The papyri show that they understood the functions of most major organs, though they had roles of the heart and brain reversed.
Previously unknown papyri crop up only to vanish into private collections and out of the sight of scholars forever.
Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.
To the origin, the supports of the writing are often parchments or papyri.
This agreement aims at supporting study, research, and exchanged experiences and particularly in restoration, preservation, and display of papyri.
More than 300 texts from 1400 and later, manuscripts and papyri of even older times, two thousand xylographs of painters of the standing of Rembrandt and Tintoretto were shown to the public.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
The text of this very interesting story is found written in the hieratic character upon papyri which are preserved in Berlin.
The papyri of this period are full of the high-flown titles and affected phraseology which was so beloved of Byzantine scribes.
Sometimes the papyri are found written in the enchorial character.
This information were found on the papyri in the different phaoronic temples including the famous Abydos temple.
The dry climate of Egypt has made it possible for papyri to endure, in many cases, for over two millennia.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
6-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024