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  • From: Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: (papyrus) Nomadic Scribes?
  • Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 23:35:44 +0100 (CET)




>What about writing on leather?


I'd guess that this would be a better possibility for a means of
transmission of a hypothetical written culture in a nomadic situation. (I
see too many problems generally in the maintenace of a literary tradition in
nomadic societies.)

I haven't got any idea when the practice started. (I do remember that we
call a variety of this, "parchment" from "Pergamon", which I gather
indicated when that practice developed, ie during the history of Pergamon.)


Ian






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