Papyrus Amherst 63
Publisher: Ugarit-Verlag
Published: 2018
Language: eng; arc
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9783868352580
Subjects: Manuscripts; Aramaic literature
Description: "This book offers a transliteration and translation of a text that has long been referred to as a 'mystery papyrus.' The scribes of Papyrus Amherst 63 used the Demotic script to put down in writing a compilation of Aramaic texts. This unusual combination of script and language necessitates the collaboration of scholars from different disciplines. Since the papyrus is not a merely linguistic puzzle but a challenge too in terms of its religious and historical background, no scholar is likely to singlehandedly solve the enigmas of the text"--acknowledgements.