papyrology
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- papyrological adjective
- papyrologist noun
Etymology
Origin of papyrology
Example Sentences
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Dr Federica, papyrology researcher at the University of Naples, said this "curse" is also their saving grace.
From BBC
Oxyrhynchus spawned a whole new sub-discipline of classics: papyrology.
From The Guardian
More than a century after the discoveries, one of papyrology’s main tasks is to publish these scrappy manuscripts.
From The Guardian
An associate professor in papyrology and Greek literature at Oxford, Obbink occupies one of the plum jobs in his field.
From The Guardian
In the early 2000s, he held the chair of papyrology at the University of Michigan – a full-time job – but failed to resign from Oxford, leaving colleagues “profoundly disappointed by his conduct”, according to a senior US-based classicist.
From The Guardian
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