May 24, 2009

Virtually Taking Apart and Physically Putting Together

Jim Davila directs us to an abnormally interesting article on efforts to use a X-Ray CT scanning system and some very neat software to virtually unroll the well baked scrolls from Herculaneum. As the researchers point out, if successful with the Herculaneum scrolls, scholars could use this same technique to study some of the Dead Sea scroll material.

And while there are those who are virtually taking scrolls apart, Alan Lenzi has been going through the tedious process of putting Ludlul Tablet IV back together. This has been the kind of long hard work that results in small but very important steps.

Posted by Duane Smith at May 24, 2009 12:46 PM | Read more on Akkadian |

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