The Gurna Manuscripts (hermitage in MMA 1152), conservation report, 2010
The Gurna Manuscripts (hermitage in MMA 1152), conservation report, 2010
Author(s): Anna ThommeeSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Gurna; West Thebes; papyrus; parchment; Coptic; conservation
Summary/Abstract: The conservation of three Coptic manuscripts discovered in the refuse dump of a hermitage at Sheikh Abd el-Gurna in 2005 was continued, monitoring the state of preservation of the two papyrus codices and the parchment book and addressing the need to improve conditions of storage, following the results of a laboratory microbiological analysis carried out on samples (see appendix for results).
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: XXII
- Page Range: 199-208
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English