papyrology is the study of ancient what?

Answer 1

The word papyrology refers to the fact that papyrologists often study texts written on ancient papyrus. Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian writing material made from the papyrus plant, and from which we get the modern word "paper". (To learn about the manufacture of papyrus, see How Ancient Papyrus Was Made). In addition to the thousands of texts written on papyrus, papyrologists also study writings on other materials, such as pot-sherds, wax tablets, wood, linen, and parchment. The University of Michigan Papyrus Collection has examples of various writing materials which can be viewed on the Ancient Writing Materials page.

Although most of our texts come from Egypt, papyrologists generally study documents which are written in Greek. That is because Greek was the official language of the government during the time period of interest to us. Although papyrus was used for thousands of years, from 3000 BC to 1000 AD, most of the texts studied by papyrologists come from the time period between the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great (c. 330 BC) and the Arab conquest of Egypt (c. 600 AD).

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Answer 2

papyrus scrolls and the inscriptions upon them!!!this require a facility with all the languages and scripts used to make them from hieratic and hieroglyphic egyptian,phoenician,hebrew,nabatean,aramaic,ancient chinese and korean to latin and ancient greek amongst many other more obscure languages and dialects!!there are so many great known works of which we have only scraps and tatters of textural material that any find become very important indeed!!the dunes near the old pharos lighthouse library in alexandria contain many scrap of the library's scroll niches contents,,there may be great finds made there yet with the right methods and due diligent to their careful and scientific perservation!!etruscan and cretan text still needs adequate decipherment and much of the available mayan text is on papyrus type scrolls for translation and discipherment also!!the dead sea scrolls are an object lesson in good and shoddy handling of such significant documents!!!one whole scroll was destroyed by the bedouin just to ensure a better price and an end to dickering on the values to be paid for all future offerings!!a great loss by this act from both sides involved was incurred by mankind at large!!sappho's works are considered incomplete from any known or held examples though works unknown are alluded to in contemporary ancient authors that indcate a more prolific talent and a wider more complex sexuality not limited in any one direction or method of affection!!

Answer 3

Ancient writings, scribbled in papyrus - the paper used in olden times.

Answer 4

NOUN:

The study of papyrus manuscripts.

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Answer 5

grass it was used for many things in past each grade of grass had different jobs rough grass mixed with mud for stone fine for writing on

Answer 6

literature as preserved in manuscripts