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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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Bernard Pyne Grenfell → notableWork → Oxyrhynchus Papyri ⓘ
Bernard Pyne Grenfell → coLeaderOf → Oxyrhynchus Papyri excavation ⓘ
linked to: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Bernard Pyne Grenfell → hasWorkInCollection → Oxyrhynchus Papyri volumes ⓘ
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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