Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.
Institute of Nanotechnology - CNR, Cosenza Unit, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 18;11(1):1695. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80458-z.
Ancient Herculaneum papyrus scrolls, hopelessly charred in the 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption, contain valuable writings of the Greek philosophers of the day, including works of the Epicurean Philodemus. X-ray phase contrast tomography has recently begun unlocking their secrets. However, only small portions of the text hidden inside the scroll have been recover. One of the challenging tasks in Herculaneum papyri investigation is their virtual unfolding because of their highly complicated structure and three-dimensional arrangement. Although this procedure is feasible, problems in segmentation and flattening hinder the unrolling of a large portion of papyrus. We propose a computational platform for the virtual unfolding procedure, and we show the results of its application on two Herculaneum papyrus fragments. This work paves the way to a comprehensive survey and to further interpretation of larger portions of text hidden inside the carbonized Herculaneum papyri.
古赫库兰尼姆纸莎草纸卷在公元 79 年维苏威火山爆发中被烧焦，其中包含了当时希腊哲学家的宝贵著作，包括伊壁鸠鲁派哲学家斐洛德摩斯的作品。最近，X 射线相衬断层摄影术开始揭示它们的秘密。然而，隐藏在纸莎草纸卷内部的只有一小部分文本被恢复。赫库兰尼姆纸莎草纸研究中的一项具有挑战性的任务是它们的虚拟展开，因为它们的结构非常复杂，且呈三维排列。尽管这个过程是可行的，但在分段和平整化过程中存在的问题阻碍了纸莎草纸的展开。我们提出了一个用于虚拟展开过程的计算平台，并展示了其在两个赫库兰尼姆纸莎草纸碎片上的应用结果。这项工作为更全面地调查和进一步解释隐藏在碳化赫库兰尼姆纸莎草纸内部的更大部分文本铺平了道路。
