The most prominent Dutchman in Egypt. Jan Herman Insinger and the Egyptian collection in Leiden. Copte selon la teneur des textes

selon la teneur des textes qu’ils accompagnent plus qu’ils ne les illustrent

des larmes pour Héraclite

mieux qu'hier

Dans cette dynamique d'entrecroisement des disciplines où chacune s'enrichit des apports de l'autre

daté de septembre 1946

The most prominent Dutchman in Egypt. Jan Herman Insinger and the Egyptian collection in Leiden. Copte selon la teneur des textesPALMA 19. Jan Herman Insinger was a well known character in the history of Egyptology, mainly because his name has been linked forever with a famous demotic wisdom papyrus now in Leiden. Although he is mentioned by many of his contemporaries, biographical notes on Insinger rarely surpass a few lines and can be quite inaccurate. However, a lot of information can be gathered from the Archives of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden and other