Papyrus is made from the stem of the papyrus plant, "Cyperus papyrus". Cursive hieroglyphs were used for religious literature on papyrus and wood. Ancient Egyptian sandals were made from papyrus and palm leaves. Most were written on parchment and some on papyrus. Before the advent of paper, papyrus and parchment were used for writing. The Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian text from 1550 BC, mentions diseases of teeth. The Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian medical text from ca. Common examples include cattails, sedges, papyrus and sawgrass. An Egyptian version survives on a papyrus. These variants were also more suited than hieroglyphs for use on papyrus. It was primarily written in ink with a reed pen on papyrus. The first known mention of the disease is from a 1700 BCE Egyptian papyrus. The original provenance of the papyrus was Thebes. The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus and some of the other texts contain formula 5 tables. They are often found in areas of flood plain interspersed with undisturbed papyrus and reedbeds.