They sharpened the edge of the steam of a plant and prepared ‘reed pen’. In several cases they also prepared ink by missing gum with black particles found from kitchen house or lamps. They took juice of plants and prepared ‘ink’ by mixing gum and water with it. The modem name ‘Paper’, perhaps, has been derived from the term ‘Papyrus’.
In a Papyrus roll of twenty to forty feet length and five to ten inches breadth the Egyptian wrote their idea. The leaves of Papyrus tree were joined through gum and the long roll was prepared. On the banks of Nile, a plant named ‘Papyrus’ was plentily available. Later on the Egyptians used pen and paper Paper, pen, ink and inkpot: The ‘Rosetta Stone’ preserved in the British Museum in London is its classic example.
In due course of time their number was reduced and limited to 700 only. At first, the Egyptians used pictures and then they used around 2000 pictographic signs.
