Ka Kōrero te Papairu: Te Ihipa Tawhito i ōna ake Kupu

Kei te manaaki a Tūhura Otago Museum i tētahi kōrero tūmatanui kore utu me Tākuta Michael Zellmann, e tūhura ana i te ao tawhito mā te papairu me ngā reo kua tiakina e ia mō te hia mano tau. Ka whakataki a Tākuta Zellmann i te mātauranga papairu, te rangahau o ngā tuhinga tawhito i tuhia ki runga papairu, me te arotahi ki ngā kohinga e puritia ana i Aotearoa nei, tae atu ki te kohinga ake a Tūhura.

Ko ngā papairu e ora tonu ana mai i te mano tau tuatoru i mua i te wā o te Karaiti (BCE) tae atu ki te mano tau tuatahi i muri i te wā o te Karaiti (CE), e pupuri ana i ngā tuhinga tuhituhi, ngā tuhinga wairua, ngā rekoata, me ngā kōrero noa o te ao o ia rā. Ka tuku tēnei kōrero i tētahi tirohanga hīkaka ki te āhua o te āwhina a te papairu i ngā kairangahau ki te mārama ki te hītori o Īhipa, Kariki, Rōma, me te Rawhiti Tata, i a ia e whakaatu ana i te hononga o ngā kohinga i Aotearoa ki te ao tawhito whānui o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. He tohunga a Tākuta Michael Zellmann ki te tuhituhi tawhito, te tuhi i runga kōhatu, me te papairu, e rangahau ana i te whakapono me te mahi makutu o nehe. He Gale Research Fellow ia i Te Whare Wānanga o Macquarie, ā, he Director-at-Large hoki nō te American Society of Papyrologists.