Papyrus A4
€5.20
Product Information "Papyrus A4"
Papyrus comes from the Ancient Egyptian pa-per-aa which was a reference to the fact that the king had the absolute monopoly on its manufacture, pa meaning "possession" or "belonging to" and per-aa "pharaoh" to produce "belonging to the king".
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