A small carbonized scroll of papyrus. It looks like a little blackened log. The layers of the papyrus are visible at one end. Another more battered scroll is in the background.
Four carbonized scrolls of papyrus in a glass case. They bear a certain resemblance to coprolites.
There’s a symposium at my university on using technology to read carbonized scrolls found at Herculaneum. Remarkably, they were able to include four of the scrolls; it’s the first time they’ve left Europe.
#BookHistory #Papyrology
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