纸莎草上用象形文字书写的信 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	纸莎草上用象形文字书写的信
品名（英）	Letter written in hieratic script on papyrus
入馆年号	1927年，27.3.560
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1479 - 公元前 1458
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	长 17.5 厘米 (6 7/8 in); w. 4.5 厘米 (1 3/4 in)
介绍（中）	在下面写在纸莎草纸上的信中，一个名叫Tet的人用相当直率的语言告诉"他的主人"杰胡蒂纠正他因侮辱赫利奥波利斯大祭司的家属而造成的不良局面。这封信被折叠起来，在纸张背面寄给收件人。纸莎草纸 - 埃及的主要书写表面 - 由长而细的纸莎草纤维条制成，一旦去除坚硬的外皮，这些纤维就会从纸莎草纸茎的髓上切下来。条带并排放置以形成基层，第二层条带垂直放置在顶部。然后将两层压在一起或捣碎并使其干燥。通过将几张纸的末端粘合在一起来制作更长的卷轴。纸莎草纸卷轴是古代的"书"，直到羊皮纸（来自动物皮）从公元前 2 世纪开始成为竞争对手，抄本（现代意义上的书籍）在公元 4 至 7 世纪逐渐取代了卷轴。
介绍（英）	In the letter below - written on papyrus—a man named Tet tells “his lord” Djehuti in rather forthright terms to rectify a bad situation he had caused by insulting a dependent of the high priest of Heliopolis. The letter was folded and addressed to the recipient on the back of the sheet. Sheets of papyrus - Egypt's primary writing surface - were made from long, thin strips of papyrus fibers, which were cut from the pith of the papyrus stalk once the tough outer rind had been removed. Strips were laid down side by side to form a base layer, and a second layer of strips was placed perpendicularly across the top. The two layers were then pressed or pounded together and allowed to dry. Longer scrolls were produced by gluing together the ends of several sheets. The papyrus scroll was the "book" of Antiquity until parchment (from animal skins) started to become a rival from the 2nd century B. C. and codices (books in the modern sense) gradually replaced the scroll during the 4th -7th century A.D.