Reusing papyri in mummy cartonnage: understanding paper disposal and artistic recycling in Pt

在木乃伊包装中重复使用纸莎草：了解 Pt 中的纸张处理和艺术回收

• 批准号: 2871654
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kent
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2871654
• 关键词: Reusing; papyri; mummy; cartonnage; understanding

My project investigates the ancient artistic reuse of written papyri into mummy cases in Ptolemaic Egypt(ca. 323-30 BCE), in order to illuminate the wider recycling process. Papyrus reuse as cartonnage isunique to the Ptolemaic period as neither the preceding (Persian) nor the succeeding (Roman) periods ofEgyptian history show it on any meaningful scale. Yet, the phenomenon has never been studied as apractice in itself. I will study the reuse of papyri in mummy cases from three perspectives. First, ahistorical analysis will show that in Ptolemaic Egypt papyrus recycling was driven by a combination ofsocial and economic motivations. Second, I will analyse textual content to establish criteria for selectingand recycling documents. Thirdly, I will discuss the ethical issues arising from the study (and destruction)of archaeological artefacts deprived of their archaeological context to restore their history and advancethe ongoing debate over repatriation.

我的项目将书面纸莎草纸的古老艺术再利用用于托勒密埃及木乃伊案件（公元前323 - 30年），以阐明更广泛的回收过程。 Papyrus将纸卷作为托勒密时期的纸箱重复使用，因为前面的（波斯语）也不是埃及历史的后期（罗马）时期都以任何有意义的规模显示出来。然而，这种现象本身从未被研究过。我将从三个角度研究木乃伊案件中的纸莎草纸。首先，历史分析将表明，在托勒密的埃及纸莎草纸回收中是由社会和经济动机组合驱动的。其次，我将分析文本内容以建立选择和回收文档的标准。第三，我将讨论剥夺考古伪像的研究（和破坏）所引起的道德问题，以恢复其历史，并就归还进行持续的辩论。