Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words
Папирус; осока; стебель; соцветие; плетение; горючее; мякоть; мтик; свитки; приспособляться; стих; венок; веревка; превышать; вмещать.
Papyrus plant “ Cyperus papyrus”
Papyrus is a common name for a plant of the sedge family. The plant grows about 1 to 3 m high. The lower part of the stem is as thick as a human arm, and at the top is a compound umbel of numerous drooping spikelets, with a whorl of eight leaves. Papyrus grows in Egypt, in Ethiopia, in the Jordan River valley, and in Sicily. Various parts of the papyrus were used in antiquity for both ornamental and useful purposes, including wreaths for the head, sandals, boxes, boats, and rope. The roots were dried and used for fuel. The pith of the stem was boiled and eaten, but it was used mainly in making papyrus, the sort of paper that was the primary writing material of classical antiquity.
A section of the Egyptian “Book of the Dead” written on papyrus
The papyrus of the Egyptians was made of slices of the cellular pith laid lengthwise, with other layers laid crosswise on it. The whole was then moistened with water, pressed and dried, and rubbed smooth with ivory or a smooth shell. The sheets of papyrus, varying from about 12.5 by 22.5 cm (about 5 by 9 in) to about 22.5 by 37.5 cm (about 9 by 15 in), were made into rolls, probably some 6 to 9 m (about 20 to 30 ft) in length. The Egyptians wrote on papyrus in regular columns, which in literary prose rarely exceeded 7.6 cm in width; in poetry the columns were often wider in order to accommodate the length of the verse.
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