Oxyrhynchus Papyri

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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a vast collection of ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts discovered in Egypt, preserving a wide range of literary, religious, and everyday texts that have greatly expanded modern knowledge of the ancient world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological find
manuscript collection
papyri collection
primary historical source
associatedWith Byzantine Egypt
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Roman Egypt
contains apocryphal Christian writings
astrological texts
biblical manuscripts
contracts
documentary texts
early Christian texts
fragments of classical Greek literature
fragments of historical works
fragments of lost Greek plays
fragments of lyric poetry
literary texts
liturgical texts
magical texts
official documents
petitions
private letters
receipts
religious texts
tax records
country Egypt
currentLocation Egypt Exploration Society collection
Sackler Library, University of Oxford
various museums and libraries worldwide
dateRange 3rd century BCE to 7th century CE
discoveredBy Arthur Surridge Hunt
Bernard Pyne Grenfell
discoveryYear 1896
earliestDocumentsDate Ptolemaic period
estimatedItemsCount tens of thousands of fragments
excavationEndYear 1907
excavationStartYear 1896
foundIn rubbish heaps of Oxyrhynchus
genre documentary papyri
literary papyri
language Ancient Greek
Coptic
Demotic Egyptian
Latin
latestDocumentsDate early Islamic period
locatedIn Egypt
Oxyrhynchus
material papyrus
publicationSeriesTitle The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
publicationStartYear 1898
publisher Egypt Exploration Society
significance important evidence for ancient book production and scribal practices
important evidence for early Christianity
major source for social and economic history of Roman Egypt
major source for the transmission of Greek literature
writingSystem Coptic script
Demotic script
Greek alphabet
Latin alphabet

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Oxyrhynchus knownFor Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Dyskolos rediscoveredAt Oxyrhynchus papyri
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Epitrepontes textualSource Cairo papyri
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Corpus of New Comedy fragments relatedTo Menander papyri
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Bacchylides workPreservedIn Oxyrhynchus papyri
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Pr-Medjed knownFor Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Oxyrhynchus Papyri publicationSeriesTitle The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Bernard Pyne Grenfell notableWork Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Bernard Pyne Grenfell coLeaderOf Oxyrhynchus Papyri excavation
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Bernard Pyne Grenfell hasWorkInCollection Oxyrhynchus Papyri volumes
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Arthur Surridge Hunt notableWork Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Arthur Surridge Hunt coDiscovererOf Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Arthur Surridge Hunt associatedWith Oxyrhynchus archaeological excavations
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Arbitration discoveredIn Oxyrhynchus papyri
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri