The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:access gptkb:POxy:_Oxyrhynchus_Online
gptkbp:contains gptkb:religion
literary texts
fragments of lost works
documentary texts
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:Greek
English
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Bodleian_Library,_Oxford
gptkb:Egyptian_Museum,_Cairo
gptkb:British_Library,_London
gptkb:Sackler_Library,_Oxford
gptkbp:digitizedBy gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Arthur_Surridge_Hunt
gptkb:Bernard_Pyne_Grenfell
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Oxyrhynchus,_Egypt
1896
gptkbp:documentType administrative records
poems
plays
letters
contracts
petitions
receipts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Oxyrhynchus Papyri
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:notableFor early Christian writings
fragments of works by Euclid
fragments of works by Menander
fragments of works by Sappho
fragments of works by Sophocles
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 500,000 fragments
gptkbp:preservedIn buried in rubbish mounds
gptkbp:publicationSeries The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (volumes)
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Egypt_Exploration_Society
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Egyptology
classical studies
papyrology
New Testament studies
gptkbp:significance major source for ancient Greek literature
source for early Christian texts
insight into daily life in Greco-Roman Egypt
gptkbp:startDate 1st century BCE to 9th century CE
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Latin
Coptic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arthur_Surridge_Hunt
gptkb:Oxyrhynchus_Papyri
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7