Events Presentations at the the 31st International Congress of Papyrology

Presentations at the the 31st International Congress of Papyrology

Francesca Maltomini and Valentina Iannace attended the 31st International Congress of Papyrology, University of Cologne with two presentations related to the PRIN PRIN PNRR 2022 project "Reconstructing Fragmentary Papyri through Human-Machine Interaction: case studies from two Italian collections". Full programme of the Congress here.

 

F. Maltomini, The project “Reconstructing Fragmentary Papyri through Human-Machine Interaction: case studies from two Italian collections”

Reassembling multi-fragmented papyri, often dispersed across collections worldwide, is a challenging and time-intensive task. The ongoing PRIN 2022 PNRR project “Reconstructing Fragmentary Papyri through Human-Machine Interaction: Case Studies from Two Italian Collections” aims to address this challenge by leveraging advanced technologies. Led by the papyrological teams at the Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli” (University of Florence) and the University of Genoa, and by computer engineers from the Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI – CNR Pisa), the project focuses on the Papiri della Società Italiana (PSI) collection found in the Temple Library of Tebtynis, and the Papiri dell’Università di Genova (PUG). This presentation will highlight a key project milestone: the development of a versatile, AI-assisted software tool designed specifically for reconstructing fragmented papyri.

 

V. Iannace, The Greek documentary rectos from the Tebtynis Temple Library “deposit”: contents, officers, and scribal offices

This talk, in the framework of the PRIN PNRR 2022 "Reconstructing Fragmentary Papyri through Human-Machine Interaction”, focuses on the archeologically recorded papyrus material belonging to the so-called "deposit" of the Temple Library of Tebtynis, which was discovered by the Italian mission headed by C. Anti in 1931. The aim is to provide a preliminary overview of the contents of the Greek documentary texts written on the recto of rolls that, at a later stage, were reused on the back by the priests of the temple of Soknebtynis to draft Egyptian sacred books. These rolls, at current dismembered into many fragments split up between the papyrus collection of Florence (PSI inv. D and I) and others (Copenhagen first), mainly preserve unpublished administrative registers. Consequently, this content synopsis will lead to the identification of some officers responsible for (and/or involved in) the compilation of these texts, as well as the assessment of some scribal offices in which they were first draw up to fulfil their original, administrative function of use.