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Papyrus 1521, Charred scroll fragments from Herculaneum (papyrus)

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BL5942359
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Papyrus 1521, Charred scroll fragments from Herculaneum (papyrus)
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Greek school, (1st century BC) / Greek
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British Library, London, UK
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papyrus
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These fragments are what remain of a complete scroll of the 1st century BCE containing a portion of a work by the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341–270 BCE). The original scroll, together with almost 2,000 other fragments, was found in a luxurious villa in Herculaneum next to Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 CE. The house, now known as the Villa of the Papyri, was discovered in 1752 and in the following years there were almost 2,000 papyri were found at its exceptionally rich private library. The scrolls were carbonised in the intense heat of volcanic flows into compact and highly fragile black blocks which were found in their original containers in the villa preserved under the cement-like layers of rock. Earlier attempts to open the charred rolls often resulted in their complete destruction, but a machine designed by the Abbot Antonio Piaggio could unroll several of them without considerable loss. The texts recovered from the papyri are almost exclusively of philosophical content preserving works from Epicurus and Philodemus of Gadara (110–30 BCE).

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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charcoal / Papyrus / papyri / Herculaneum / scroll / carbon / charred / Burned / epicurus / fragment / fragments
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