Today when I was visiting the marketplace for some new pots, I came across a merchant selling these odd, a bit fabric-like white sheets. He told me that the Egyptians make these from reeds to write on them.

Personally, I don’t see a need for such a material. Just use a clay tablet like a normal person!

  • teft@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I’m going to stick to clay tablets too. The guy down the street was cursed by the gods and his house burned down. Took all his beer recipes to Anu since they were written on papyrus. Good clay tablets fired well will last a long time and fire just adds some nice dark mode text.

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    9 days ago

    If I wanted people reading my words millennia from now, I’d chisel them into stones. My communications are private. Get with the times, grandpa!

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    Clay was good enough for my great-grandfather when he was putting his signet ring on a ball to identify the amphora as coming from his market stall and it’s good enough for me to read the Epic of Gilgamesh on. I just don’t get these Egyptians.