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The collections of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology UCL
include the largest surviving group of Middle Bronze Age (Middle
Kingdom) manuscripts, a range of papyrus fragments from the town-site at
Lahun (Fayoum), now preserved in two hundred glass frames.
From the full edition of the UCL Lahun papyri by Stephen Quirke
and Mark Collier (2002-2006), a new digitisation project has initiated
rescanning as the basis for new research with Dr Tim Weyrich (UCL
Computer Science) and Professor A Constantinides (Imperial College
London).
The triple goals of the overall research Digital Lahun Papyri programme are:
- computer-enhanced palaeography
- literacy research
- computer-enhanced material study of papyrus paper
In 2010 one hundred frames of fragments were scanned, and
Antonio Castaneda (UCL Computer Science) began analysis in the material
properties of the papyrus paper. International funding is sought for
continuing the programme at postdoctoral level, for an Egyptology
postdoctoral candidate to assist computer science/engineering
postdoctoral candidate in the digital palaeography and materiality
research.
Related outputs
- Stephen Quirke, Agendas for Digital Palaeography in an Archaeological Context: Egypt 1800 BC, in Franz Fischer et al.,Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age, BoD Norderstedt 2010:279-294