| A | B |
|---|
| PAPYRUS | ancient paper made from reeded plant |
| EGYPT | where papyrus was produced |
| NILE RIVER | papyrus reed grew on this river in Egypt |
| PAPYRUS JUICES | the glue that stuck the vertical and horizontal strips together |
| LACUNA | hole in a manuscript |
| PALIMPSEST | manuscript that has been scraped and recycled/reused |
| PALEOGRAPHER | archaeologist who studies manuscripts/old writing |
| PAPYROLOGIST | archaeologist who studies anicent writing on papyrus |
| SPONGE | used to erase on papyrus |
| CUTTLEFISH | its sac was used to make ink |
| SEPIA | Latin word for cuttlefish ink |
| ATRAMENTUM | Latin word for ink made with lamp black or carbon |
| OAK GALL | tree growth caused by a tiny wasp |
| TANNIC ACID | the chemical in oak galls that stains paper |
| IRON | chemical added to tannic acid to make ink |
| I | Roman numeral 1 |
| V | Roman numeral 5 |
| X | Roman numeral 10 |
| L | Roman numeral 50 |
| C | Roman numeral 100 |
| D | Roman numeral 500 |
| M | Roman numeral 1000 |
| smaller number to the left | Roman numeral subtraction |
| smaller number to the right | Roman numeral addition |
| TABULAE | Latin word for wax tablets |
| CERAE | Latin word for wax or wax tablets |
| STYLUS | Latin word for pen/scratcher made of bone or metal |
| LEATHER CORD | used to tie wax tablets |
| FRESCO | Roman painting made in wet plaster |
| GRAFFITO | Roman wall scratching |
| INK TABLET | tablet made of tree bark |
| VINDOLANDA | Roman town on Hadrian's Wall where ink tablets were found |
| ANAEROBIC | no oxygen allows leather and wood to survive |
| SEAL BOX | tiny metal box used to seal money bags |
| SIGNET SEAL | carved stone used to imprint a signature on wax |
