Speaker: Tawny Holm, Pennsylvania State University
Abstract: Papyrus Amherst 63, dating to the fourth century BCE, is written in Aramaic but in the Demotic Egyptian script. The language of this unique, multi-composition papyrus from Egypt corresponds to a western dialect or dialectal bundle. On the basis of her own edition of the papyrus, currently in press, Dr. Tawny Holm will provide a comprehensive overview of the western linguistic features of the Aramaic on the papyrus.
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