Jean-Luc, can you explain what features leads you to believe the inscription was made before firing? The brown slip appears to have been flaked and disturbed by the stylus after firing. The letters appear, to me, to expose clay that is lighter because it was not exposed directly to the heat of firing.
Jack Kilmon ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean-Luc Fournet To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [PAPY] Fwd: [PAPY] To my opinion, it can't be a modern forgery because it was made before firing —it is clear on the picture (such inscriptions are not rare). Morever, the handwriting would perfectly fit the first century A.D. (i. e. the archaeological context). Best wishes, Jean-Luc Fournet Le 18 sept. 08, à 14:23, Glenn Most a écrit : are we quite certain the inscription is not a modern forgery? Begin forwarded message: From: Wieland Willker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu 18 Sep 2008 14:17:15 GMT+02:00 To: [email protected] Subject: [PAPY] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have asked "Der Spiegel" and they sent me an image of the back. Thank you very much! Have a look here: http://tinyurl.com/6amr2e What does that mean? Comments welcome! Best wishes Wieland <>< ------------------------------------------------ Wieland Willker, Bremen, Germany mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.uni-bremen.de/~wie Textcritical commentary: http://www.uni-bremen.de/~wie/TCG/index.html -- Glenn W. Most * via S. Onofrio, 2 I-50124 Firenze (Italy) tel: +39-055-2398046 fax: -211886 Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7 I-56126 Pisa (Italy) tel: +39-050-509221, -111 fax: -563513 The University of Chicago Committee on Social Thought 1130 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 USA tel: +1 - 773 - 702-8409 (office), 344-0804 (cell) fax: +1 - 773 - 834-1968 * I am here now.
