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Stela from Tjetji's tomb-chapel

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Description: Stela from Tjetji's tomb-chapel

TitleStela from Tjetji's tomb-chapel

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 2112–2055 BC

Creation date (description)First Intermediate Period

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyph

MaterialsLimestone

Dimensions59 1/2 × 43 in. (151.5 × 109.5 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA614

Accession numberEA614

SubjectsHieroglyphicsTombs--EgyptStele (Archaeology)

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Chapter 1: The Invention of Paper

Jonathan M. Bloom

Description: Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World

Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World

Humans have been around for five million years. For 99.9 percent of that time, or until about five thousand years ago, they did not write at all. The invention of writing around 3000 B.C.E. transformed human society by enabling people to transmit greater quantities of knowledge more accurately across vast distances of space and time. In spite of the power of writing, however, or perhaps because of...

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Jonathan M. Bloom

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© 2001 by Jonathan M. Bloom

Related print edition pages: pp.17-45

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00217.002

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Chapter subject tags:Papermaking--HistoryManuscripts (Papyri)ParchmentChristian literature, Early

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