Only those Egyptians who needed the knowledge for their professions learned how to read and write. These included government off
icials, doctors, and priests, as well as the scribes who did the actual writing on papyrus and stone. —The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin
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Based on the context clues in the passage, what is most likely the meaning of papyrus?
