Sunday, August 20, 2023

Where did forgers get their ancient blank papyus?

VARIANT READINGS: Notes on a Forger’s Methods (Brent Nongbri).
My attention was drawn especially to his [John de Monins Johnson's] account of the discovery of large amounts of blank papyrus in the rubbish mounds of Antinoopolis: “[Mound] N was remarkable throughout for what is often a feature of late mounds, the quantity of blank papyrus it provided. In this case sacks might have been filled.”
This PaleoJudaica post from some years ago seems relevant.

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