Summary:Papyrus rolls were made and used by Egyptians, classical Greeks, and Romans. Papyrus was easy to make for these ancient people, but also was not very sturdy; one could not fold the paper or it would break. This is why we only find scrolls. Great thinkers of lost time like Thucydides and Plato used the papyrus as a medium of writing. Most of the first books like the Iliad were written on this paper. Most of these stories would be highly valued because writing on papyrus would be done by hand; therefore, it would take a long time for one to finish copying a story. Many writers or scribes would spend much of their time copying their work.
Comment: Papyrus was an easy way for people to make their own paper, but clay tablets are much more sturdy and was more readily available for people to use. Another fact is that erasing on clay tiles was a simple swipe of the finger. On the papyrus, there was no such thing as an eraser. If one were to make a mistake, they would have to start over.
Question: What changed the minds of people to switch from clay to papyrus? Was balancing the storing ability and the fragility a better for these people in the long run?
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