Lecture 6 - documentary evidence

Question 1

Inscriptions

Answer 1

Texts written onto hard surface, there is an enormous range in almost all the ancient languages, they are found in all places of the ancient world. There are religious, industrial, public and other.

Question 2

Papyri

Answer 2

Essentially inscriptions on Cyperus Papyri, generally found in Egypt, hard to read for a number of reasons, many technical marks the same as inscriptions.