Since my previous post about the kalameia plots in Egypt, I've been delving deeper into this topic, and one valuable resource that's been guiding my research is Naphtali Lewis's book Papyrus in Classical Antiquity. Despite being published in 1974, this book remains an incredibly useful resource on the topic. The reason I find Lewis's book so helpful is its wealth of technical terms and insights into the diverse terminologies used by ancient authors to describe papyrus and related plants. Understanding these terms is crucial for the question “How can we identify papyrus in the Oxyrhynchus documents?”
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