Jean Bingen (26 March 1920 – 6 February 2012) was a Belgian

papyrologist Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations ...

and

epigrapher Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

, specialized in Greek and Roman history and civilizations, especially ancient Egypt, economic history of Ptolemaic Egypt ( Papyrus Revenue Laws), Greek papyrology and epigraphy (notably

ostraca An ostracon ( Greek: ''ostrakon'', plural ''ostraka'') is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeological or epigraphical context, ''ostraca'' refer to sherds or even small pieces of ...

from

El Kab El Kab (or better Elkab) is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). El Kab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( , Late Coptic: ), a name that refer ...

), Greek and Roman archaeology (

Alba Fucens Alba Fucens was an ancient Italic town occupying a lofty location (1,000 m) at the foot of the Monte Velino, c. 6.5 km north of Avezzano, Abruzzo, central Italy. Its remains are today in the ''comune'' of Massa d'Albe. History It was ...

Argos Argos most often refers to: * Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece ** Ancient Argos, the ancient city * Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland Argos or ARGOS may also refer to: Businesses ...

, Delphi,

Thorikos Thoricus or Thorikos ( grc, Θορικός) was a city, and later a ''deme'' in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the ''synoikismos'' attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens. I ...

), Greek and Latin epigraphy (in Greece, particularly

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean S ...

, Delphi, Peloponnese and

; Egypt), Greek (

) and Roman (El Kab) numismatics, Greek philology and literature ( Menander).

Publications (selection)

*1952: ''Papyrus Revenue Laws''. *1952: ''Les Roettiers, graveurs en médailles des Pays-Bas méridionaux''. *1960–1964
''Menander. Dyscolos''
*1968: ''Choix de papyrus grecs. Essai de traitement automatique'' (in collaboration). *1977: ''Au temps où on lisait le grec en Égypte''. Catalogue de l’exposition de papyrus et d’ostraca. *1978: ''Le papyrus Revenue Laws. Tradition grecque et adaptation hellénistique''. *1989: ''Fouilles d’Elkab. III, les ostraca grecs'' (O. Elkab gr.). *1991: ''Pages d’épigraphie grecque. Attique-Égypte (1952-1982)''. * ''Mons Claudianus. Ostraca graeca et latina I (O. Claud. 1 à 190)'', in collaboration with A. Bülow-Jacobsen, W. E. H. Cockle, H. Cuvigny, L. Rubinstein and W. Van Rengen. *1992–1997: ''Mons Claudianus. Ostraca graeca et latina II (O. Claud. 191 à 416)'', in collaboration with A. Bülow-Jacobsen, W. E. H. Cockle, H. Cuvigny, Fr. Kayser and W. Van Rengen. *2005
''Pages d'épigraphie grecque II Égypte (1983–2002)''
*2007: ''Hellenistic Egypt: Monarchy, Society, Economy, Culture'', transl. by R. Bagnall.

External links

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Jean Bingen
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BINGEN Jean, François, Henri, Emmanuel
on the site of the Académie Des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingen, Jean 1920 births Writers from Antwerp Hellenists Epigraphers Papyrologists Belgian Egyptologists Corresponding members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the French School at Athens 2012 deaths

Publications (selection)

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