Discarded, Discovered, Collected ─ The University of Michigan Papyrus Collection

This book details the U. of Michigan's collection of papyri and related ancient materials and its history, scholarship, and impact through 40 of these texts. It describes conserving the collection; its writing materials, samples of languages written on papyrus, school texts, and texts related to pregnancy, birth, learning a trade, marriage, housing, census registration, sacrificing to the gods, misfortune, death, after death, and drawings; texts in various archives; papyri found during excavations of the site of ancient Karanis; and the future of the collection. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)