Archiv des Autors: Elena Hertel

Mummy label

T.Berl.Möller 134 = SB I 3440 (ÄM 13350) This wooden tablet, a so called mummy label, belonged to a women named Senorsenuphis, daughter of Psentatriphis. The name of the deceased is carved into the wood in four lines of Greek… Read More

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Homer Iliad 8

BKT V.1, 3 (P. 6845) The Iliad is probably the best known of the epics of the Greek poet Homer and has been regarded as a masterpiece of literature from antiquity until today. The main subject of the work is… Read More

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Schoolbook

SB III 6216–6218 (P. 14000) „Only with writing and reading life really gets started“ – this is how a Greek writing exercise starts, written by the last owner of this schoolbook. It is probably a sentence his teacher dictated to… Read More

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