Herculaneum papyri

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:access yes
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Villa_of_the_Papyri
gptkbp:author gptkb:Philodemus
gptkbp:conservationStatus fragile
carbonized
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:Philodemus
gptkb:Epicurean_philosophers
unknown authors
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:National_Library,_Naples
gptkbp:date 1st century CE
1st century BCE
gptkbp:destroyedBy 79 CE
eruption of Mount Vesuvius
gptkbp:digitizedBy gptkb:Brigham_Young_University
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1752
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Karl_Weber
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Herculaneum
gptkb:Villa_of_the_Papyri
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Herculaneum papyri
gptkbp:importantFor source for Hellenistic philosophy
insight into Roman intellectual life
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:notableFor carbonization by volcanic eruption
difficult to read
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 1800 scrolls
gptkbp:preservedIn carbonization
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pompeii
gptkb:Mount_Vesuvius_eruption
gptkbp:researchProject gptkb:Herculaneum_papyri_project
gptkbp:significance only surviving library from classical antiquity
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Antonio_Piaggio
modern scholars
multispectral imaging
X-ray phase-contrast tomography
gptkbp:style book roll
gptkbp:subject gptkb:literature
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:Epicurean_philosophy
gptkbp:unrolledBy digital imaging
mechanical methods
gptkbp:writingMaterial gptkb:nun
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Villa_dei_Papiri,_Herculaneum
gptkb:Villa_of_the_Papyri,_Herculaneum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6