Archiv des Autors: Christine Lang

Administrative Book of the Temple of Soknopaios

BGU I 1 + 337 = Chrest.Wilck. 92 = P.Louvre I 4 Kol. I-II (P. 6826 + 7412) Anyone annoyed today about the troubles of accounting can be reassured, because in antiquity, it was also necessary to keep a detailed… Read More

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Epigram about the Origin of Homer

O.Wilck. 1148 = BKT V.1, S. 78f. (P. 4757) Even in ancient times writing had to be learned. But then people did not use pen and paper, but e.g. a potsherd (now called ostracon) and a kalamos, as can be… Read More

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