Papyrological research
Greek papyri are a unique source of knowledge about the lives of people in antiquity. During the course, participants learned all the steps needed to go from a papyrus fragment to a scientific publication. This includes transcribing, translating and contextualising (i.e. making comments, finding parallels and interpreting) the papyrus text.
Course content
Papyrology requires a broad set of skills and knowledge, e.g. of the Greek language, Greek palaeography and Greek, Roman and Egyptian history. On the one hand, therefore, students learned about the various aspects of Greek papyrology through lectures in which experts shared their knowledge and experience. On the other hand, theory was put into practice: in small groups, unpublished Greek papyrus fragments - in this case from Hellenistic and Roman Egypt - were studied and an edition of the fragment was prepared. With the help of evaluations and plenary discussions, each group was able to finalise the edition of the assigned fragment. After the Summer School, all these editions will be prepared for publication.
