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Complete virtual unwrapping and reading of a rolled Herculaneum papyrus
Giorgio Angelotti, Stephen Parsons, Federica Nicolardi et al., 2026. arXiv.
Reports the complete virtual unwrapping and reading of PHerc. 1667 from BM18 synchrotron scans, direct volumetric ink segmentation in PHerc. Paris. 4 that confirms the 2023 machine-learning reading, and the title of PHerc. 139 (Philodemus, On Gods, Book 8). Includes the scan protocol, the unwrapping and ink pipeline, and the Greek transcription with translation.
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Angelotti, G., Parsons, S., Nicolardi, F., Nader, Y., Johnson, S., Josey, D., Henderson, P., Schilling, H., Rudolph, J., McDonald, F., Dal Prá, E. R., Tafforeau, P., Mirone, A., Parker, C. S., Posma, J. P., Kyles, B., Vergara, C., Lavorante, A., Villa, R., Robustelli, M. C., D'Angelo, M., Del Mastro, G., McOsker, M., Fleischer, K., Chapman, C., Friedman, N., & Seales, W. B. (2026). Complete virtual unwrapping and reading of a rolled Herculaneum papyrus. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.29085
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author = {Angelotti, Giorgio and Parsons, Stephen and Nicolardi, Federica and Nader, Youssef and Johnson, Sean and Josey, David and Henderson, Paul and Schilling, Hendrik and Rudolph, Johannes and McDonald, Forrest and Dal Prá, Elian Rafael and Tafforeau, Paul and Mirone, Alessandro and Parker, Clifford Seth and Posma, Jan Paul and Kyles, Benjamin and Vergara, Claudio and Lavorante, Alessia and Villa, Rossella and Robustelli, Maria Chiara and D'Angelo, Marzia and Del Mastro, Gianluca and McOsker, Michael and Fleischer, Kilian and Chapman, Christy and Friedman, Nat and Seales, William Brent},
title = {Complete virtual unwrapping and reading of a rolled Herculaneum papyrus},
journal = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.29085}
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Angelotti, Giorgio et al.. “Complete virtual unwrapping and reading of a rolled Herculaneum papyrus.” arXiv (2026).