List of well-known papyrologists

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The list of well-known papyrologists collects people who have either completed their habilitation in papyrology , or who are particularly researchers in another discipline ( e.g. Classical Philology , Ancient History , Classical Archeology , Provincial Roman Archeology , Byzantine Studies , Legal History , Egyptology , Numismatics or Epigraphy ) Concerned with papyrology, when authors wrote on papyrology (several monographs or scripts that were smaller over decades) or otherwise made a lasting contribution to the research of papyri and other sources explored by papyrology. Insofar as papyrology deals with the diverse manuscripts found on ancient and late antique papyri, it has an overlap in common with palaeography , the subject of which is the manuscripts found in codices from late antiquity, the Byzantine period and the Renaissance to find modern times.

Greek and Latin papyrology

Since Egyptian, especially demotic papyri fundamentally determine the sources of ancient Egypt, Greek papyrologists often deal with Egyptian, especially demotic papyri.

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Graziano Arrighetti (1928-2017)

Italian

University of Pisa Greek Studies

Papyri of Egypt and Herculaneum , Euripides -Vita des Satyros von Kallatis , Philodem

Charikleia Armoni (* 20th century)

Greek

University of Cologne Classical Philology Papyri and ostraka from the papyrus collection of the University of Heidelberg , papyri from the papyrus collection of the University of Cologne
Rodney Ast (* 1972)

Americans

University of Heidelberg Classical Philology Papyrus collection of the University of Heidelberg , Amheida Project, Berenike Project, papyrus collection of the University of Jena
Colin Austin (1941-2010)

Briton

Trinity Hall , Cambridge Classical Philology Euripides , Menander , Poseidippus

B.

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Roger S. Bagnall (* 1947)

Americans

Columbia University Old story Social, economic and administrative history of Egypt in late antiquity , Amheida Project, papyrus archive of the undertakers in the Charga oasis
Guido Bastianini (* 1945)

Italian

Istituto Papirologico "Girolamo Vitelli" , Florence Administrative history of Roman Egypt (strategists, prefects, royal scribes); Corpus dei papiri filosofici : fragments of Diogenes by Sinope ; Antiphon , De Veritate ; Hierocles the Stoic , Elementa Moralia ; Berlin commentary on the Theaetetus Plato ; Commentaria et Lexica Graeca in Papiris Reperta ; Poseidippus
Harold Idris Bell (1879-1967)

Briton

British Museum British Museum papyri , Oxyrhynchus Papyri , early Christian papyri
Friedrich Bilabel (1888–1945)

German

University of Heidelberg Old story Minor historians
Jean Bingen (1920–2012)

Belgian

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Université libre de Bruxelles

Classical Philology Economic history of Ptolemaic Egypt ( Papyrus Revenue Laws ), Ostraka from el-Kab ; Menander
Raymond Bogaert (1920–2009)

Belgian

Ghent University Classical Philology Greek banking , economic and commercial history
William M. Brashear (1946-2000)

Americans

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin Classical Philology Greek magical papyri
Vladimir Brunet de Presle (1809-1875)

Frenchman

École spéciale des Langues orientales Greek Studies Papyri of the Louvre and the Bibliothèque Impériale

C.

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Aristide Calderini (1883–1968)

Italian

Catholic University of Milan

Old story Greek and Roman Egypt
Mario Capasso (* 1951)

Italian

Università degli Studi di Foggia
University of Naples Federico II
Università del Salento

Diplomacy
Greek paleography

Papyri Herculanenses , excavations in the Fayyum ( Soknopaiu Nesos and Bakchias ), history of papyrology
Robert Cavenaile (1918-2007)

Belgian

University of Liège

Classical Philology Corpus Papyrorum Latinarum
Irene-Maria Cervenka-Ehrenstrasser (*)

Austrian

Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna

Lexicon of the Latin loanwords in the Greek-language documentary texts of Egypt
Walter EH Cockle (* 1939)

Briton

University College London Euripides , Hypsipyle ; Oxyrhynchus papyri
David Cohen (1882-1967)

Dutch

University of Amsterdam
University of Leiden

Old story
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Paul Collart (1878-1946)

Frenchman

École pratique des hautes études
Sorbonne

Classical Philology Les papyrus grecs de Lille , Oxyrhynchus Papyri , Homer , Roman Egypt
Domenico Comparetti (1835-1927)

Italian

University of Florence
University of Pisa

Classical Philology Hypereides
Goffredo Coppola (1898–1945)

Italian

University of Bologna
University of Cagliari

Classical Philology Menander
James MS Cowey (* 1960)

Bulkheads

University of Heidelberg Ostraka from the Heidelberg Papyrus Collection, Oxyrhynchus Papyri , documents from the Politeuma of the Jews of Herakleopolis
Wilhelm Crönert (1874–1942)

German

University of Strasbourg

Classical Philology Papyri Herculanenses , Kolotes , Menedemos

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Adolf Deißmann (1866–1937)

German

University of Berlin
University of Heidelberg
University of Marburg
Evangelical theology Christian papyri, New Testament and Old Testament papyri
Eduardo Luigi De Stefani (1869–1921)

Italian

Sapienza University , Rome

Greek Paleography
Classical Philology

Menander
Johannes Diethart (* 1942)

Austrian

Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna

Byzantine Studies Corpus papyrorum Raineri, Prosopographia Arsinoitica , literary Christian papyri, lexicon of Latin loanwords in the Greek-language documentary texts of Egypt with consideration of Coptic sources
Tiziano Dorandi (* 1954)

Italian

Center Jean Pépin, CNRS , Villejuif

Classical Philology Papriri Ercolanesi, Corpus dei papiri filosofici

E.

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Émile Egger (1813-1885)

Frenchman

University of Paris

Classical Philology Papyri of the Louvre and the Bibliothèque Impériale
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Samson Eitrem (1872-1966)

Norwegian

University of Oslo

Classical Philology Papyri Osloenses, Papyri Graecae magicae, Menander
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Anton Fackelmann (1916–1985)

Austrian

Papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library Vienna Conservator Restoration of papyri
Lawrence I. Feinberg (1942-2009) Americans Columbia University New York linguist
Itzchak Fikhman (1921–2011) יצחק פיכמן

Israeli

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Alexander Fuks (1917–1978) אלכסנדר פוקס

Israeli

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Old story Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum

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Traianos Gagos (1960-2010) Τραϊανός Γάγος

Greek

University of Michigan

Classical Philology Documentary Papyri, Digitization of Papyrology (APIS)
Gustav Adolf Gerhard (1878-1918)

German

Franz Joseph University of Chernivtsi

Classical Philology Homer , Menander , papyri from the Heidelberg papyrus collection
Marcello Gigante (1923-2001)

Italian

University of Naples Federico II
University of Trieste

Classical
Byzantine Studies

Hellenica Oxyrhynchia , Papyri from Herculaneum , Philodemos from Gadara
Francis Thomas Gignac (1933-2014)

Americans

Catholic University of America

Catholic Theology
Classical Philology

Grammar of the Greek papyri of the Roman and Byzantine periods
James Frank Gilliam (1915-1990)

Americans

Institute for Advanced Study , Princeton
Columbia University
University of Oregon
University of Iowa

Ancient History
Classical Philology

Dura Europos , Roman military history
Theodor Gomperz (1832-1912)

Austrian

University of Vienna Classical Philology Papyri Herculanenses, Philodemos of Gadara , Epicurus , Callimachus , Hecale , Plato , Phaidon
Otto Gradenwitz (1860-1935)

German

University of Heidelberg
University of Strasbourg
University of Königsberg
University of Berlin

Jurisprudence Heidelberg contrarian index, legal papyrus documents
Bernard Grenfell (1869–1926)

English people

Queen's College , University of Oxford (holder of the world's first professorship in papyrology)

Papyri of the New Testament and the Septuagint , Logia of Jesus, Oxyrhynchus Papyri , Amherst Papyri Grenfell
Bernard Abraham van Groningen (1894–1987)

Dutch

Leiden University

Greek Studies
Hans Georg Gundel (1912–1999)

German

University of Giessen

Old story

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Rudolf Haensch (* 1959)

German

University of Munich
Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy

Old story Latin and Greek papyri on Roman rule, court records
Dieter Hagedorn (* 1936)

German

University of Heidelberg
University of Cologne

Classical Philology
Patristics
The commentary on Job by the Arian Julian and an edition of other Greek commentaries on Job and Jobkatenen; Edition of documentary Greek papyri; Heidelberg complete directory of the Greek papyrus documents of Egypt
Jürgen Hammerstaedt (* 1960)

German

University of Cologne
University of Jena

Classical Philology
Hermann Harrauer (* 1941)

Austrian

University of Vienna
Joachim Hengstl (* 1943)

German

University of Marburg

Jurisprudence
Robert Huebner (* 1948)

German

University of Cologne Edition of Greek document papyri Robert Huebner-edit.jpg
Herbert Hunger (1914-2000)

Austrian

University of Vienna

Greek paleography
Byzantine philology

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Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871-1934)

Briton

University of Oxford

Oxyrhynchus papyri ArthurSurridgeHunt.jpg
André Hurst (* 1940)

Swiss

University of Geneva Classical Philology
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Hugo Ibscher (1874-1943) German Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin Bookbinder Restoration of papyri ("founder of papyrus restoration"), but also documents and manuscripts
Rolf Ibscher (1906–1967) German Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin restorer Restoration of papyri

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Christian Jensen (1883-1940)

German

University of Berlin
University of Bonn
University of Kiel
University of Königsberg
University of Jena
University of Königsberg

Classical Philology literary papyri, Philodemos of Gadara , Menander Jensen
Andrea Jördens (* 1958)

German

University of Heidelberg

Ancient History
Classical Philology

Legal, economic, social, administrative and religious history
Paul Jörs (1856-1925)

German

University of Vienna Jurisprudence Roman law in Egypt
Pierre Jouguet (1869-1949)

Frenchman

Sorbonne

Egyptology
Classical Philology

Papyrus de Lille , La vie municipale dans l'Egypte romaine , Les papyrus de Théadelphie

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Frederic G. Kenyon (1863-1952)

Briton

British Museum
Magdalen College , University of Oxford

Greek Paleography
Classical Philology

Greek papyri in the British Museum, the Chester Beatty papyri of the Bible
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Emil Kießling (1896–1985)

German

University of Marburg,
Prussian State Library, Berlin
Papyrus collection of the State Museums in Berlin

Jurisprudence Dictionary of Greek Papyrus Documents , Hellenism
Knut Kleve (1926-2017)

Norwegian

University of Oslo
University of Bergen

Classical Philology Papiri Ercolanesi
Ludwig Koenen (* 1931)

German-Americans

University of Michigan
University of Cologne
Classical Philology Mani Codex , literary papyri, cultural interaction between Greeks and Egyptians in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Heinz card bag (1907 – approx. 1944)

German

Papyrus collection of the State Museums in Berlin

Ancient History
Classical Philology

South and East trade of Egypt , Roman tax lists from Egypt
Bärbel Kramer (* 1948)

German

University of Trier
University of Heidelberg
University of Cologne
Classical Philology Edition of Greek Papyri, Didymos the Blind : Commentary on the Ecclesiastes ( Tura -Papyrus)
Friedrich Krebs (1867–1900)

German

Papyrus Collection Berlin

Classical Philology
Egyptology

Edition of documentary papyri
Hans Kreller (1887-1958)

German

University of Vienna Jurisprudence Papyrus documents on ancient legal history
Thomas Kruse (* 1961)

German

Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Heidelberg University

Old story Edition of documentary papyri, history of Egypt in Roman times, administrative history of the Roman Empire

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Naphtali Lewis (1911-2005)

Americans

Brooklyn College

Classical Philology Papyrus Industry, Roman Rule in Egypt, Social History of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Edgar Lobel (1888–1982)

Briton

Queen's College , University of Oxford
Bodleian Library

Classical Philology Sappho , Alkaios , Poetarum Lesbiorum Fragmenta , Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Giacomo Lumbroso (1844-1925)

Italian

La Sapienza
University, Pisa
University, Palermo University

Egyptology Greek ostraka from Egypt and Nubia
Wolfgang Luppe (1931-2014)

German

University of Halle-Wittenberg Classical Philology Greek literary papyri, Euripides hypothesis, Philodemos of Gadara , Poseidippus , Dictys Cretensis , Oxyrhynchus papyri

M.

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Herwig Maehler (* 1935)

Anglo-German

University College London

Classical Philology
Basil G. Mandilaras (* 1933) Βασίλειος Γ. Μανδηλαράς

Greek

University of Athens

Manfredo Manfredi (1925–2011)

Italian

University of Florence

Klaus Maresch (* 1951)

German

University of Cologne

Alain Martin (* 1958)

Belgian

Université libre de Bruxelles

Jean Maspero (1885-1915)

Frenchman

Institut français d'archéologie orientale

Egyptology Greek papyri in Egypt from Byzantine times, military administration in Byzantine Egypt
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Roberta Mazza (*)

Italian

University of Manchester

Reinhold Merkelbach (1918-2006)

German

University of Cologne
University of Erlangen

Classical Philology
Gabriella Messeri (* 1948)

Italian

University of Naples

Peter van Minnen (* 1959)

Belgian

University of Groningen

Ludwig Mitteis (1859–1921)

Austrian

University of Vienna Jurisprudence
Fritz Mitthof (* 1964)

German

University of Vienna Old story
Joseph Mélèze-Modrzejewski (* 1964) Frenchman

École pratique des hautes études
University of Paris I

Legal and social history
Orsolina Montevecchi (1911-2009)

Italian

Catholic University of Milan

Federico Morelli (born 1963)

Italian

University of Vienna Classical Philology Greek documents from late antiquity and the early Arab period (administration, taxation, material culture , agricultural and social history ), economic history, palaeography , literary papyrology
Wolfgang Müller (* 1922)

German

University of Jena
German Academy of Sciences

Old story

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Georges Nachtergael (1934-2009)

Belgian

Université libre de Bruxelles

Papyri bruxellenses graecae
Johannes Nollé (* 1953)

German

University of Munich
Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy
University of Cologne

Old story
Medea Norsa (1877-1952)

Italian

Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
University of Florence

Classical Philology

O

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Dirk Obbink (* 1957)

Americans

University of Michigan
University of Oxford
Columbia University

Greek Studies
José O'Callaghan Martínez (1922-2001)

Spaniards

Pontificio Istituto Biblico , Rome
S. Cugat del Vallès , Barcelona

Friedrich Oertel (1884–1975)

German

University of Cologne
University of Graz

Old story
Alessandro Olivieri (1872–1950)

Italian

University of Naples Federico II
University of Catania

Greek Studies Philodem
Walter Otto (1878–1941)

German

University of Munich
University of Breslau
University of Marburg
University of Greifswald

Old story

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Denys Lionel Page (1908-1978)

Briton

Jesus College , Cambridge
Trinity College , Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Christ Church , University of Oxford

Greek Studies
Bernhard Palme (* 1961)

Austrian

University of Vienna Old story
Amphilochios Papathomas (*) Αμφιλόχιος Παπαθωμάς

Greek

University of Athens

Peter J. Parsons (* 1936)

Briton

University of Oxford
Christ Church , University of Oxford

Greek Studies
George A. Petropoulos (1897–1964) Γεώργιος Α. Πετρόπουλος

Greek

University of Athens

Jurisprudence
Amadeo Peyron (1785-1870)

Italian

University of Turin

Coptology Palimpsest research ( Empedocles , Parmenides )
Stefan Pfeiffer (* 1974)

German

University of Halle
Technical University of Chemnitz

Old story
Ermenegildo Pistelli (1862–1927)

Italian

University of Florence

Classical Philology P. Settimi, P. Tosti, P. Marchese
Gerhard Plaumann

German

Papyrus Collection Berlin

Old story
Günter Poethke (* 1939)

German

Humboldt University of Berlin
Papyrus Collection Berlin

Ancient History
Classical Philology

Claire Préaux (1904–1979) Belgerin

Université libre de Bruxelles

Ancient History
Classical Philology

Graeco-Roman economy
Karl Preisendanz (1883–1968)

German

Heidelberg University Library

Classical Philology
Friedrich Preisigke (1856-1924)

German

University of Heidelberg
University of Strasbourg

Anton von Premerstein (1869–1935)

Austrian

University of Marburg
University of Prague

Old story
Fritz Pringsheim (1882–1967)

German

University of Göttingen
University of Freiburg
University of Oxford

Jurisprudence Roman and Greek legal history

R.

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John R. Rea (*)

Briton

University of Oxford Edition of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Euripides
Théodore Reinach (1860–1928)

Frenchman

Collège de France

Ancient history
Classical archeology

Théodore Reinach 1913.jpg
Fabian Reiter (* 1970)

German

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin

Colin Henderson Roberts (1909-1990)

Briton

St John's College , University of Oxford

Classical Philology Bible papyri, documentary papyri
Cornelia Eva Römer (* 1953)

German

University of Vienna
Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna
University College London
Papyrus Collection of the University of Cologne

Classical Philology
Hans-Albert Rupprecht (* 1938)

German

University of Marburg

S.

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Panagiota Sarischouli (*) Παναγιώτα Σαρισχούλη

Greek

Democritus University of Thrace

Wolfgang Schmid (1913–1980)

German

University of Bonn
University of Cologne

Classical Philology
Michael Schnebel (1867–1938)

German

University of Munich Agriculture in Greco-Roman Egypt
Reinhold Scholl (* 1952)

German

Papyrus and ostraca collection of the Leipzig
University Library University of Leipzig

Old story
Ernst Schönbauer (1885–1966)

Austrian

University of Vienna Jurisprudence
Niels Iversen Schow (1754-1830)

Dane

University of Copenhagen

Wilhelm Schubart (1873–1960)

German

University of Leipzig
University of Berlin
Royal Museums in Berlin

Ancient History
Classical Philology

Paul Schubert (* 1963)

Swiss

University of Geneva
University of Neuchâtel

Classical Philology
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Richard Seider (1913–1988)

German

Heidelberg University , Institute for Papyrology

Erwin Seidl (1905–1987)

German

University of Cologne
University of Erlangen
University of Greifswald

Jurisprudence
John C. Shelton (1943-1992)

Americans

University of Trier
University of Kiel
University of Georgia

Classical Philology Documentary papyri
Martin Sicherheitsl (1914–2009)

German

University of Munster

Classical Philology
Pieter Johannes Sijpesteijn (1934–1996)

Dutch

University of Amsterdam

Old story
Theodore Cressy Skeats (1907-2003)

Briton

British Museum

Franciszek Smolka (1883–1947)

Pole

Lvov University

Karl Strobel (* 1954)

German

University of Klagenfurt
University of Trier

Old story ancient economic history
Siegfried Brewhouse (1863-1914)

German

University of Kiel

Classical Philology Menander , Philodemus of Gadara

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Rafael Taubenschlag (1881–1958) Pole

University of Krakow
University of Aix-en-Provence
University of New York
University of Warsaw

Legal history
Carsten Peter Thiede (1952-2004)

German

different, most recently Paderborn

Lecturer in the Anglican Church of
Ancient History,
Comparative Literature

The dating of papyrus 64 to the 60s AD, reception of the Gospel of Mark in the Qumran papyri Thiede
Helmut Thierfelder (1921–1982)

German

University of Münster
University of Leipzig

Old story
Gerhard Thür (* 1941)

Austrian

Institute for Advanced Study , Princeton University Graz
University of Munich

Jurisprudence
Avigdor Tcherikover (1898–1958) אביגדור צ'ריקובר

Israeli

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum
Ioannes Triantaphyllopoulos (1921-2006) Ιωάννης Τριανταφυλλόπουλος

Greek

University of Athens

Kurt Treu (1928–1991)

German

Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology,
Academy of Sciences of the GDR , Commission for the late ancient history of religion

Classical Philology Publication of the archive for papyrus research , Greek literary papyri with Christian content
Eric Gardner Turner (1911-1983)

Briton

University College London

Classical Philology Hibeh Papyri, Oxyrhynchus Papyri , Menander , Codex

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Fritz Uebel (1919–1975)

German

University of Jena

V

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Josef Vančura (1870–1930)

Czech

University of Prague

Jurisprudence
Paul Viereck (1865-1944)

German

Gymnasiums in Berlin

Classical Philology
Girolamo Vitelli (1849-1935)

Italian

University of Florence

Classical Philology
Achille Vogliano (1881–1953)

Italian

Free University of Berlin
University of Milan
University of Bologna
University of Cagliari

Greek Studies Callimachus , Dihegeseis

W.

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Leopold Wenger (1874–1953)

Austrian

University of Vienna Jurisprudence
Karl Wessely (1860-1931)

Austrian

University of Vienna
Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna

Classical Philology
William Linn Westermann (1873–1954)

Americans

Columbia University
Cornell University
University of Missouri

Old story
Ulrich Wilcken (1862–1944)

German

University of Munich
University of Bonn
University of Leipzig
University of Halle
University of Würzburg
University of Breslau

Old story

Ewa Maria Wipszycka-Bravo (* 1933)

Polish woman

Warsaw University

Hans Julius Wolff (1902–1983)

German

University of Freiburg
University of Mainz
University of Oklahoma
Universidad de Panama
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

Jurisprudence

Y

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Herbert C. Youtie (1904–1980)

Americans

University of Michigan

Louise C. Youtie (1909-2004)

American

Ann Arbor

Z

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Grigol Tsereteli (1870–1938)

Georgians

State University of Tbilisi
Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Berlin
University of Saint Petersburg
University of Dorpat

Classical Philology Tsereteli
Friedrich Zucker (1881–1972)

German

University of Jena
University of Tübingen
University of Münster

Classical Philology
Constantine Zuckerman (* 1957)

Frenchman

École pratique des hautes études
Collège de France

Günther Zuntz (1902–1992)

German

University of Manchester
University of Copenhagen

Classical Philology liturgical papyrus texts of the Greek Orthodox Church

Egyptian papyrology

The Egyptian papyrology includes the four writing levels of the hieroglyphics , the hieratic , the demotic and the Coptic script . Accordingly, demotic and Coptic papyrology is sometimes used. Since Greek papyri supplement the sources on ancient Egypt, Egyptian papyrologists often also deal with Greek papyri from Egypt.

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Sarah Clackson (1965-2003)

British

Christ's College , Cambridge

Edition of Greek and Coptic papyri from the Apa Apollo monastery in Bawit
Walter Ewing Crum (1865–1944)

Briton

Private scholar

Coptic papyri
Campbell Cowan Edgar (1870-1938)

Briton

Oriel College

Zenon papyri of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942)

Briton

University College London Discovery of the medical papyrus Kahun VI.1 and the veterinary papyrus Kahun LV.2 , hieroglyphic papyri from Tanis
Harald Froschauer (*)

Austrian

Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna

Women's life and rights, doctors and medicine, drawings and paintings in papyri
Alan Gardiner (1879-1963)

Briton

Prussian Academy of Sciences

Dictionary of the Egyptian language , Egyptian grammar, Gardiner list of hieroglyphics, Discovery of the Protosinaitic script
Anthony Charles Harris (1790-1869)

Briton

Alexandria

Self-taught
collection of Egyptian antiques and papyri

Harris papyri
Chauncey Depew Leake (1896–1978)

Americans

University of Texas
University of California, San Francisco

Philosophy
pharmacology

Egyptian medicine
Erich Lüddeckens (1913-2004)

German

University of Würzburg

Egyptian marriage contracts
Giacomo Lumbroso (1844-1925)

Italian

La Sapienza
University, Pisa
University, Palermo University

Political economy under the lagids
Jean Maspero (1885-1915)

Frenchman

Institut français d'archéologie orientale

Coptic ostraka from Bawit
Jean Maspero.jpg
Dominic Montserrat (1964-2004)

Briton

Open University
University of Warwick

Sexuality and its cultural manifestations in ancient Egypt
Georges Nachtergael (1934-2009)

Belgian

Université libre de Bruxelles

Marcel Hombert Collection
Jürgen Osing (*)

German

Free University of Berlin
Pieter Willem Pestman (1933-2010)

Dutch

Leiden University Jurisprudence Ancient Egyptian law, marriage contracts, demotic papyri
Pieter Willem Pestman.jpg
Amedeo Peyron (1785-1870)

Italian

University of Turin

Papyri from the Turin and Vienna collections
Théodore Reinach (1860–1928)

Frenchman

Collège de France

Ancient history
Classical archeology

Demotic papyri
Théodore Reinach 1913.jpg
Caspar Reuvens (1793-1835)

Dutch

University of Leiden
University of Harderwijk

one of the founders of Egyptian papyrology,
founder of classical archeology in the Netherlands

Edition of the Leiden Papyri
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Hebrew and Aramaic papyrology

scientist nationality Place of work other qualifications Research priorities image
Otto Rubensohn (1867–1964)

German

Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim
high schools in Berlin and Potsdam

Classical archeology Elephantine papyri
Emanuel Tov (* 1941)

Israeli

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Biblical studies Qumran papyri
Arthur Ungnad (1879-1945)

German

University of Greifswald
University of Jena

Ancient Oriental
Studies, Semitic Studies

Elephantine papyri

Arabic papyrology

scientist nationality Place of work other qualifications Research priorities image
Nabia Abbott (1897-1981)

American

University of Chicago

Oriental
Studies Islamic Studies

Origin of Arabic script , origin of North Arabic script , early Islamic papyri from Egypt , Kurrah papyri from Aphrodito, Arabic palaeography , Studies in Arabic literary papyri
Ludwig Abel (1863–1900) German

Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin
University of Erlangen

Semitic studies
Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933) German

University of Berlin
University of Bonn
Hamburg Colonial Institute

Oriental studies Becker
Jean David-Weill (1898–1972)

Frenchman

Musée du Louvre
École du Louvre
Institut français d'archéologie orientale

Muslim art history
archeology

Papyrus arabes du Louvre , Papyrus arabes d'Edfou
Werner Diem (* 1944)

German

University of Cologne

Semitic studies in
Islamic studies

Arabic letters on papyrus and paper from the Heidelberg Papyrus Collection , Corpus papyrorum Raineri Archeducis Austriae
Albert Dietrich (1912-2015)

German

University of Göttingen

Arabic studies Arab papyri from the Hamburg State and University Library , Arabic letters from the papyrus collection of the Hamburg State and University Library
Adolf Grohmann (1887–1977)

Austrian

Cairo University
German University Prague
Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna
University of Vienna

Egyptology,
Semitic
Studies, Arabic Studies

Arabische Papyrologie , Arabic Papyri in the Egyptian Library , Papyrologische Studien. On private and social life in the first Islamic centuries
Joseph von Karabacek (1845–1918)

Austrian

University of Vienna Oriental studies Papyri Archduke Rainer from Karabacek
Geoffrey Khan (* 1958)

Briton

Cambridge University

Hebraic
Semitic Studies

Arabic papyri from early Islamic Egypt
Helene Loebenstein (1918-2010)

Austrian

Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna
Austrian National Library

Arabic studies The papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library. Permanent exhibition catalog
Yūsuf Raghib (*)

Frenchman

Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes, CNRS Arabic studies Edition of early Islamic papyri

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See also

literature

  • Mario Capasso (Ed.): Hermae. Scholars and Scholarship in Papyrology. Giardini editori, Pisa, 2007 (Biblioteca di 'Studi di Egittologia e di Papirologia', 4), ISBN 88-427-1442-9 .
  • Mario Capasso (Ed.): Hermae. Scholars and Scholarship in Papyrology. II. Fabrizio Serra editore, Pisa / Roma, 2010 (Biblioteca di 'Studi di Egittologia e di Papirologia', 7), ISBN 978-88-6227-337-4 . Review by: Arthur Verhoogt, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 06/12/2011
  • Friedrich Zucker: Expert in papyrology who died in 1939 . In: Archives for Papyrus Research . Volume 15 (1953), p. 223.

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