“... the “books” were papyrus scrolls of that time, not the sort of leaved lead pages we see here. “
***I would think people then could have used many different formats. ****
A couple of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written (engraved) on thin copper.
“A couple of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written (engraved) on thin copper.”
That’s right, I remember seeing that at the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit I went to last fall.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/copperscroll.shtml