The most prominent Dutchman in Egypt. Jan Herman Insinger and the Egyptian collection in Leiden. Océanie l'autre horizontal

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Lluis Garcia Petit

Numismatic Studies N°13

Alors que son oeuvre est mondialement connue et admirée

de la fertilité comme de l’inspiration

The most prominent Dutchman in Egypt. Jan Herman Insinger and the Egyptian collection in Leiden. Océanie l'autre horizontalPALMA 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