# Fine Books & Collections 2025: Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping

> Fine Books & Collections, 2025. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the PHerc. 172 title, holder and readers.

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[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri)Fine Books & Collections 2025

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# Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping

Fine Books & Collections, 2025. _Fine Books & Collections (news)_.

News report of 6 May 2025 on the reading of the title of PHerc. 172 at the Bodleian (Philodemus, On Vices and Their Opposite Virtues), its July 2024 scan at Diamond Light Source, the two independent readers and the US$60,000 First Title Prize.

**Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the PHerc. 172 title, holder and readers.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[PHerc. 172 (Philodemus, On Vices, Book 1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/artifacts/ART0D3687PM2A64/pherc-172-philodemus-on-vices-book-1)

ART

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

Evidence

EVD

[The title of PHerc. 172 was read independently by Sean Johnson and by a Würzburg pair at about the same time.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D367ZMT5K90/the-title-of-pherc-172-was-read-independently-by-sean)

Evidence

EVD

[PHerc. 172 from the Bodleian is scanned at Diamond Light Source](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/events/EVT0D367V0C446V/pherc-172-from-the-bodleian-is-scanned-at-diamond-light)

EVT

[Title of PHerc. 172 read as Philodemus, On Vices, Book 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/events/EVT0D367TRJ5KCT/title-of-pherc-172-read-as-philodemus-on-vices-book-1)

EVT

[Federica Nicolardi](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/people/FIG0D367RAE5EWE/federica-nicolardi)

FIG

[Sean Johnson](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/people/FIG0D367R2M60RE/sean-johnson)

FIG

[The Herculaneum Papyri and the Vesuvius Challenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri)

The mystery article

MYS

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

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Fine Books & Collections (2025). Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping. Fine Books & Collections (news). https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/title-work-deciphered-sealed-herculaneum-scroll-digital-unwrapping
```

[Read it free at finebooksmagazine.com](https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/title-work-deciphered-sealed-herculaneum-scroll-digital-unwrapping)

Key

**SRC** 0D367KXT3448

Kind

Web page

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

29 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published original

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