Location-List of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri and of Other Greek Papyri

compiled by R.A. Coles

Book cover: Location-List of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri and of Other Greek Papyri

Extent: 50 pages

Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Graeco-Roman Memoirs

Series volume number: 59

Language: English

(Paperback) (Out of print)

(December 1974)

ISBN: 9780856980374

Price: $12.00

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The Egypt Exploration Society is the custodian of the largest collection of ancient papyri in the world. Housed at the University of Oxford, the collection comprises over 500,000 fragments of literary and documentary texts dating from the third century BCE to the seventh century CE. The texts are written in Greek, ancient Egyptian (hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic), Coptic, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, and Pahlavi.

Most of the papyri come from the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt on behalf of the Graeco-Roman Branch of the Egypt Exploration Society between 1896 and 1907. During this time they conducted investigations at sites around the Faiyum, and most prominently at the site of Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa). Other papyri come from the expedition of John de Monins Johnson to Antinoopolis in 1913-14. The Society also holds various records of the excavations and the distribution of the finds, including photographs taken by the Graeco-Roman Branch.

  • Compiled by R.A. Coles