papyrus

Summary

papyrus ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,673 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• papyrus is a type of plant material^[2].
• papyrus is a type of paleographical writing material^[3].
• papyrus is a type of painting material^[4].
• papyrus is used for papyrus^[5].
• papyrus is used for rotulus^[6].
• papyrus's Commons category is recorded as Papyri^[7].
• papyrus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Papyrus^[8].
• papyrus's Commons gallery is recorded as Papyrus^[9].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[10].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[12].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[16].
• papyrus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[17].
• papyrus's natural product of taxon is recorded as Cyperus papyrus^[18].
• papyrus's different from is recorded as Papirus^[19].
• papyrus's different from is recorded as papyrus^[20].
• papyrus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include plant material^[2], paleographical writing material^[3], and painting material^[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include papyrus^[5] and rotulus^[6].

Influence

Things named for papyrus include paper^[22], a material^[23] and Papyrus^[24], a script typeface^[25], founded in 1982^[26].

Why It Matters

papyrus ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,673 views/month).^[1] papyrus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] papyrus is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for papyrus include paper^[22], a material^[23] and Papyrus^[24], a script typeface^[25], founded in 1982^[26].