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Our guide</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div id="middle">  <div id="content"> <h1>Coverage for Egypt and the Nile Valley (for the Ancient World in general, click <a href="about_coverage_ancientworld.php">here</a>)</h1> <p> Because of its organic growth and evolving focus since 2005 (see <a href="about_history.php">history</a>), Trismegistos Texts has a very different coverage according to region, period and genre. The following tables provide estimations of the current coverage for <b>published</b> documents.</p> <h4>800 BC - AD 800</h4> <table class="info"> <tr> <td class="info_header">Language / Script / Genre</td> <td class="info_header">Coverage of Trismegistos Texts (estimated)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Greek papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">almost 100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Greek epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">almost 100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Latin papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">almost 100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Latin epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">almost 100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Demotic papyrology and epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">almost 100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Hieroglyphic and hieratic papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">ca. 95% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Hieroglyphic and hieratic epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">perhaps 40% ? (excluding 'temple texts')</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Coptic papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">almost 100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Coptic epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">perhaps 40% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Aramaic papyrology and epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">ca. 95% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Meroitic epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">ca. 95% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Old Nubian papyrology and epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">perhaps 90% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Arabic papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">perhaps 90% ?</td> </tr> </table> <br> <h4>Before 800 BC</h4> <table class="info"> <tr> <td class="info_header">Language / Script / Genre</td> <td class="info_header">Coverage of Trismegistos Texts (estimated)</td> <tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Hieroglyphic and hieratic papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">only Books of the Dead and documentary material from Deir el-Medina (both almost 100%)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Hieroglyphic and hieratic epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">almost completely lacking</td> </tr> </table> <br> <h4>After AD 800</h4> <table class="info"> <tr> <td class="info_header">Language / Script / Genre</td> <td class="info_header">Coverage of Trismegistos Texts (estimated)</td> <tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Greek papyrology and epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">ca. 90% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Old Nubian papyrology and epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">ca. 50% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Coptic papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">only documentary material (almost 100%)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Coptic epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">limited coverage, only Koptisches Sammelbuch material</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Arabic papyrology</td> <td class="info_cell">only documents, ca. 10% ?</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Arabic epigraphy</td> <td class="info_cell">completely lacking</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="info_cell">Hebrew material (e.g. Geniza)</td> <td class="info_cell">completely lacking</td> </tr> </table> <br> For <b>unpublished</b> documents, the coverage is very problematic to estimate. 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