# The sealed rolls mirror the opened ones; they are mainly Philodemus and other Epicurean works.

> Most likely: The sealed rolls mirror the opened ones; they are mainly Philodemus and other Epicurean works.

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Answer · Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge

# The sealed rolls mirror the opened ones; they are mainly Philodemus and other Epicurean works.

The sealed rolls mirror the opened ones; they are mainly Philodemus and other Epicurean works.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Most titles recovered from the 13 prize rolls are Epicurean, most of them Philodemus.

## What would rule it out

- A majority of recovered titles belong to other schools or genres.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[PHerc. 139 is Philodemus, On Gods, Book 8.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D3681BG6349/pherc-139-is-philodemus-on-gods-book-8)

Supported

FOR

[PHerc. 172 is Philodemus, On Vices, Book 1.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D36813P7BBX/pherc-172-is-philodemus-on-vices-book-1)

Established

FOR

[The 2023 passages from PHerc. Paris. 4 discuss pleasure in Epicurean terms and are very likely by Philodemus.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D3681KA49DC/the-2023-passages-from-pherc-paris-4-discuss-pleasure-in)

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FOR

## The questions it answers

[What do the still-sealed rolls contain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/questions/QST0D367VZM0NNS/what-do-the-still-sealed-rolls-contain)

Most likelyThe sealed rolls mirror the opened ones; they are mainly Philodemus and other Epicurean works

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