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Ehnas-Ersatz: Die von der Versicherungssumme erworbenen Ankäufe für die 1899 in Hamburg verbrannten Papyri aus Wilckens Grabung

  • Holger Essler
Published/Copyright: December 17, 2024

Abstract

When most of the papyri that Ulrich Wilcken had excavated at Ahnās (Heracleopolis Magna) in 1899 were destroyed by fire, the Berlin Museum decided to use the insurance money to buy more papyri in Egypt, the so-called „Ehnas-Ersatz“. Editing new archive documents, the article traces the history of this group of papyri from the fire to their edition and partial return to Cairo.

Online erschienen: 2024-12-17
Erschienen im Druck: 2024-12-01

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