1 day ago · A fragment of the rare Greek papyrus discovered in the Judean Desert. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority. Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a rare Greek-language papyrus that offers an extraordinary glimpse into Roman legal practices in the Near East. The document, over 133 lines long, is the most extensive of its kind ever found in the ...

1 day ago · Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a rare Greek-language papyrus offering a unique insight into Roman legal affairs in the Near East. This document, spanning more than 133 lines, is the most extensive of its kind ever discovered in the Judean Desert. A Glimpse into Roman Law Believed to date

23 hours ago · A papyrus found somewhere in the Judean Desert that has been sitting in storage with the Israel Antiquities Authority possibly since the 1950s isn't a Nabataean document after all, as had been assumed. This papyrus of uncertain provenance was in Greek and is the longest Greek papyrus ever discovered in the Judean Desert.

Imported papyrus once commonplace in Greece and Italy has since deteriorated beyond repair, but papyri are still being found in Egypt; extraordinary examples include the Elephantine papyri and the famous finds at Oxyrhynchus and Nag Hammadi.

2 days ago · In 2014, a researcher organizing papyri in the Dead Sea Scrolls Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority's storeroom made a surprising discovery: the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the ...

The papyrus, named P. Cotton in recognition of Prof. Emerita Hannah Cotton-Paltiel’s discovery, contains 133 lines of Greek text and is the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judean Desert.

1 day ago · The newly examined document is the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judean Desert, comprising over 133 lines of text, and has now been published for the first time.Initially misclassified as Nabataean, the papyrus remained unnoticed for decades, until its rediscovery in 2014 by Prof. Hannah Cotton Paltiel, emerita of the Hebrew University.

17 hours ago · VIENNA, AUSTRIA—Cosmos Magazine reports that the 133 lines of Greek text on a papyrus discovered in the Judean Desert have been translated and published. Anna Dolganov of the Austrian Academy of ...

1 day ago · This newly analyzed papyrus offers a rare, firsthand perspective on Roman legal practices and jurisdiction, shedding new light on a turbulent period marked by two major Jewish revolts against Roman rule. The longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert, comprising over 133 lines of text, has now been published for the first time.

2 days ago · The longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judean Desert, comprising over 133 lines of text, has been published for the first time. Initially misclassified as Nabataean, the papyrus remained ...