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SunoikisisDC Summer 2021 Session 15
Thursday July 22, 17:15-18:45 CEST
Convenors: Susanne Töpfer (Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino) and Franziska Naether (Leipzig University/Stellenbosch University)
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/tkom5WSs6PA
Slides: will be uploaded after the session
Since 2017, the Museo Egizio in Turin has been working to digitise their collection of papyri. In September 2019, the Turin Papyrus Online Platform (TPOP) was launched online, employing digital information technologies to make the collection virtually accessible across borders and disciplinary boundaries. The “virtual” conservation of papyri by means of their digitisation and connection to a network of researchers will ensure the long-term preservation of written material and its accessibility by anyone from anywhere and at any time. The session consists of two parts; after an introductory part on the history of and objects in the museum's papyrus collection, the concept and structure of the “Turin papyrus online platform” (TPOP) will be presented. TPOP is an open-access repository, it shall facilitate all stages in the workflow, from the conservation of the papyrus material and the recording of data to their online publication. It is a multi-user platform, enabling the community of experts based at different European locations to contribute data. Furthermore, at the front end it will automatically adapt to the needs of different users, from the interested layman to the highly specialized philologist and papyrologist.
- Töpfer, S., “The Turin Papyrus Online Platform (TPOP): An Introduction”, Rivista del Museo Egizio 2 (2018), pp. 1–11. Online: https://rivista.museoegizio.it/article/the-turin-papyrus-online-platform-tpop-an-introduction/
- Polis, St. et al., “Crossing Boundaries: Understanding Complex Scribal Practices in Ancient Egypt (with a 2019 Progress Report), Rivista del Museo Egizio 4 (2020); Online: https://rivista.museoegizio.it/article/crossing-boundaries-understanding-complex-scribal-practices-in-ancient-egypt-with-a-2019-progress-report/ Del Vesco, P. and F. Poole, “Deir el-Medina in the Egyptian Museum in Turin: An Overview, and the Way Forward”, in Dorn, Andreas and Stéphane Polis (eds.), Outside the Box: Selected Papers from the Conference “Deir el-Medina and the Theban Necropolis in Contact” Liège, 27-29 October 2014, Liège 2018, pp. 97–130. Online: https://www.academia.edu/40303973/Deir_el_Medina_in_the_Egyptian_Museum_of_Turin_An_Overview_and_the_Way_Forward
TPOP: https://collezionepapiri.museoegizio.it
How many “Amduat” papyri written in cursive hieroglyphic script can you find in the database (https://collezionepapiri.museoegizio.it/en-GB/search/)? Choose one of them and write down one paragraph on what information you find most interesting and another paragraph what information you are missing.