Mummy Label Database (MLD)

Mummy Label Database (MLD)

The Mummy Label Database (MLD) is a joint project of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), and the Universidad Complutense (Madrid). It was established in 2007, when Sofía Torallas Tovar (University of Chicago) and François Gaudard (University of Chicago) decided to join efforts to study mummy labels, a source material that requires linguistic expertise in both Greek and Demotic, among other things. They were soon joined by Raquel Martín Hernández (Universidad Complutense) and Klaas A. Worp (Leiden University), who has extensive experience in the edition of Greek mummy labels. The team grew, adding Alberto Nodar (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), with remarkable skills in papyrology-related databases, and Amalia Zomeño (CCHS-CSIC, Madrid), who specializes in the study of the ancient Arabic civilization, providing a comparative vision into a later period. Additional members also joined the team: María Jesús Albarrán (CCHS-CSIC, Madrid), Irene Pajón (Universidad de Sevilla), Alba de Frutos García (CCHS-CSIC, Madrid), Marina Escolano Poveda (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore), and Sergio Carro Martín (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), who is the team’s research assistant since 2009.

• Introduction
• Mummy Label Database (MLD)
• Annual Reports