The Elephantine papyri and ostraca consist of thousands of documents from the Egyptian border fortresses of Elephantine and Aswan, which yielded hundreds of papyri and ostraca in hieratic and demotic
Papyrus narrating the story of the wise chancellor Ahiqar. Aramaic script. 5th century BCE. From Elephantine, Egypt. Neues Museum, Berlin
Modern photo of the main temple on the mound, following excavation
Marriage Document of Ananiah and Tamut, July 3, 449 BCE, Brooklyn Museum
Property Sale Document: Bagazust and Ubil Sell a House to Ananiah, September 14, 437 BCE Brooklyn Museum
Herculaneum papyri
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The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1,800 scrolls of papyrus discovered in the 18th century in the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. They had been carbonized when the villa was engulfed by the erup
Elephantine papyri and ostraca
…Dunhuang manuscripts, similar cache of ancient religious and secular documents Herculaneum papyri, similar cache of ancient religious and secular documents Land of Onias, another temple of YHWH in Egypt (170 BCE – 73 CE…
Papyrus fragments PHerc.1103 (a) and PHerc.110 (b,c). Image contrast and brightness were enhanced to better visualize the details visible to the naked eye on their external surface.
Dionysus, Plato, or Poseidon sculpture excavated at the Villa of the Papyri
Abbot Piaggio's machine was used to unroll scrolls as early as 1756 in the Vatican Library.
Heruclaneum Papyrus 1521 f 001r, British Library 01