UID:
almafu_9958971882102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (30 p.)
ISBN:
9782722605008
,
2722605007
Inhalt:
Papyrology, which burgeoned in the nineteenth century after the discovery of thousands of papyri in Egypt, consists in the study of Greek and Latin texts written on a transportable medium (papyrus, clay potsherds, wooden tablets or parchment). While inscriptions and literary sources can render a normative, idealized and sometimes deformed image of individuals, papyri – no matter how fragmented they may be – take us into their daily lives, thus making possible the archaeology of cultural practices. Attempting to decipher “these shreds, guardians of the human memory” – to paraphrase Leonardo de Vinci – is the challenge of the papyrologist, who ceaselessly renews our knowledge of the past.
Anmerkung:
English
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4000/books.cdf.5807
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