Oxyrhynchus Papyri

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:containsTextType gptkb:literature
gptkb:religion
administrative records
official documents
Jewish texts
private letters
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Bodleian_Library
gptkb:Egyptian_Museum,_Cairo
gptkb:Sackler_Library,_Oxford
gptkbp:digitalProject gptkb:Oxyrhynchus_Online
gptkb:POxy:_Oxyrhynchus_Online
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Arthur_Surridge_Hunt
gptkb:Bernard_Pyne_Grenfell
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Oxyrhynchus,_Egypt
1896
gptkbp:excavatedBy 1922–1935
1896–1907
gptkbp:fragmentNumber over 500,000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oxyrhynchus Papyri
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Latin
Coptic
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:notableFragment gptkb:P.Oxy._1_(Gospel_of_Thomas_fragment)
gptkb:P.Oxy._2_(Gospel_of_Thomas_fragment)
gptkb:P.Oxy._3525_(Gospel_of_Mary_fragment)
gptkb:P.Oxy._4009_(Gospel_of_Peter_fragment)
gptkb:P.Oxy._654_(Gospel_of_Thomas_fragment)
gptkbp:notablePlace early Christian writings
fragments of lost works by Euripides
fragments of lost works by Menander
fragments of lost works by Sophocles
parts of the Gospel of Mary
parts of the Gospel of Peter
parts of the Gospel of Thomas
gptkbp:period gptkb:Roman_period
gptkb:Hellenistic_period
Byzantine period
gptkbp:preservedIn buried in rubbish mounds
gptkbp:publicationSeries gptkb:The_Oxyrhynchus_Papyri
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Egypt_Exploration_Society
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Egypt_Exploration_Society
gptkb:Grenfell_and_Hunt
gptkb:Oxyrhynchus_(ancient_city)
gptkbp:significance important for early Christian studies
major source for ancient Greek literature
provides insight into daily life in ancient Egypt
gptkbp:startDate 3rd century BCE to 7th century CE
gptkbp:writingMaterial gptkb:nun
papyrus sheets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bacchylides'_Dithyrambs
gptkb:Byzantine_Egypt
gptkb:Bernard_Grenfell
gptkb:Oxyrhynchus
gptkb:Oxyrhynchus_Papyri_Project
gptkb:Egypt_Exploration_Society
gptkb:Stesichorus'_Geryoneis
gptkb:late_Roman_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6