A model carbonized papyrus scroll opens a novel path to identifying readable scrolls of the Herculaneum Library.
We report the successful fabrication of a laboratory-made carbonized papyrus scroll and the virtual unrolling and reading of its custom leaded ink text, using X-ray tomography. We believe this is the first confirmed proof of concept to show that the presence of lead in Herculaneum scrolls would greatly increase the pro...
Douglas Seiler, J. LaManna, Michael F. McOsker et al.
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