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Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Manuscript fragments from 32BC–640AD found in an Egyptian rubbish dump

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are ancient manuscripts discovered by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at a rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. Dating from the Ptolemaic to Muslim conquest periods, they mainly consist of public and private documents like codes, edicts, census returns, petitions, and wills. While mostly written in Greek, some were found in Egyptian scripts, Latin, and Arabic. Since 1898, over 5,000 documents have been collated, but many more await study. Significant collections reside in the Bodleian Art Library at Oxford University.

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Administrative texts

Administrative documents assembled and transcribed from the Oxyrhynchus excavation encompass a wide variety of legal matters, such as marriages, employment contracts, and censuses. Some of the more notable papyri transcribed so far include:

  • The contract of a wrestler agreeing to throw his next match for a fee.4
  • Various and sundry ancient recipes for treating haemorrhoids, hangovers and cataracts.5
  • Details of a grain dole mirroring a similar program in the Roman capital.6
  • Tryphon and Saraeus:
    • Tryphon, son of Dionysus, and Saraeus, daughter of Apion, a married couple are mentioned in several administrative papyri, detailing their various brushes with legal authorities in Oxyrhynchus.7
    • However, before Tryphon married Saraeus, he had a wife called Demetrous, daughter of Heraclides. After their divorce, Tryphon complains to the strategus, Alexander, that she has stolen several of his belongings. The papyrus is too damaged, however, to correctly ascertain what these are.8
    • In 37 CE, the couple appears in a marriage contract, almost entirely concerned with Saraeus' dowry. Most surviving marriage contracts keep similar detail on dowries and other assets, in case of divorce.
    • However Tryphon's first wife, it seems, had not forgiven him. The same year as his second marriage, he petitions the strategus again, this time alleging that Demetrous and her mother have attacked Saraeus. The response from the strategus, Sotas, is unknown.9
    • In 49 CE, Saraeus was summoned before the strategus as part of a case between her and an employer. She has been contracted as a wet-nurse for a foundling, who had died during her employment. Pesouris, her employer, accused her of kidnapping the child to pose as her own. Paison, the strategus, ruled that the living child was Saraeus', and that in return she must pay back her wages.10
    • However, several months, later, Tryphon is petitioning Capito, the praefectus, complaining that Saraeus' former employer is refusing to co-operate with Paison's ruling, and 'hinders [Tryphon] in [his] trade'.
    • In 51 CE, Tryphon files another complaint, presumably to the strategus, that he and Saraeus were attacked by unnamed women in the street.11

In addition to detailing the cases themselves, these legal documents provide interesting insight into everyday life under Graeco-Roman occupied Egypt, and are often overlooked beside its pharaonic predecessor. For example, Saraeus' hearing with strategus Paison reveal that courts used the Roman names for year, marked by the reign of the emperor, but maintained the Egyptian months, called Pharmouthi.12

Secular texts

Although most of the texts uncovered at Oxyrhynchus were non-literary in nature, the archaeologists succeeded in recovering a large corpus of literary works that had previously been thought to have been lost. Many of these texts had previously been unknown to modern scholars.

Greek

Several fragments can be traced to the work of Plato, for instance the Republic, Phaedo, or the dialogue Gorgias, dated around 200–300 CE.13

Historiography

The discovery of a historical work known as the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia also revealed new information about classical antiquity. The identity of the author of the work is unknown; many early scholars proposed that it may have been written by Ephorus or Theopompus but many modern scholars are now convinced that it was written by Cratippus.1415 The work has won praise for its style and accuracy16 and has even been compared favorably with the works of Thucydides.17

Mathematics

The findings at Oxyrhynchus also turned up the oldest and most complete diagrams from Euclid's Elements.18 Fragments of Euclid led to a re-evaluation of the accuracy of ancient sources for The Elements, revealing that the version of Theon of Alexandria has more authority than previously believed, according to Thomas Little Heath.19

Drama

The classical author who has most benefited from the finds at Oxyrhynchus is the Athenian playwright Menander (342–291 BC), whose comedies were very popular in Hellenistic times and whose works are frequently found in papyrus fragments. Menander's plays found in fragments at Oxyrhynchus include Misoumenos, Dis Exapaton, Epitrepontes, Karchedonios, Dyskolos and Kolax. The works found at Oxyrhynchus have greatly raised Menander's status among classicists and scholars of Greek theatre.

Another notable text uncovered at Oxyrhynchus was Ichneutae, a previously unknown play written by Sophocles. The discovery of Ichneutae was especially significant since Ichneutae is a satyr play, making it only one of two extant satyr plays, with the other one being Euripides's Cyclops.2021

Extensive remains of the Hypsipyle of Euripides and a life of Euripides by Satyrus the Peripatetic were also found at Oxyrhynchus.

Poetry

Latin

An epitome of seven of the 107 lost books of Livy was the most important literary find in Latin.

Christian texts

Among the Christian texts found at Oxyrhynchus, were fragments of early non-canonical Gospels, Oxyrhynchus 840 (3rd century AD) and Oxyrhynchus 1224 (4th century AD). Other Oxyrhynchus texts preserve parts of Matthew 1 (3rd century: P2 and P401), 11–12 and 19 (3rd to 4th century: P2384, 2385); Mark 10–11 (5th to 6th century: P3); John 1 and 20 (3rd century: P208); Romans 1 (4th century: P209); the First Epistle of John (4th-5th century: P402); the Apocalypse of Baruch (chapters 12–14; 4th or 5th century: P403); the Gospel of Thomas (3rd century AD: P655); The Shepherd of Hermas (3rd or 4th century: P404), and a work of Irenaeus, (3rd century: P405). There are many parts of other canonical books as well as many early Christian hymns, prayers, and letters also found among them.

All manuscripts classified as "theological" in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri are listed below. A few manuscripts that belong to multiple genres, or genres that are inconsistently treated in the volumes of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, are also included. For example, the quotation from Psalm 90 (P. Oxy. XVI 1928) associated with an amulet, is classified according to its primary genre as a magic text in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri; however, it is included here among witnesses to the Old Testament text. In each volume that contains theological manuscripts, they are listed first, according to an English tradition of academic precedence (see also Doctor of Divinity).

Old Testament

Main article: Old Testament

The original Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) was translated into Greek between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC. This translation is called the Septuagint (or LXX, both 70 in Latin), because there is a tradition that seventy Jewish scribes compiled it in Alexandria. It was quoted in the New Testament and is found bound together with the New Testament in the 4th and 5th century Greek uncial codices Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus and Vaticanus. The Septuagint included books, called the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical by some Christians, which were later not accepted into the Jewish canon of sacred writings (see next section). Portions of Old Testament books of undisputed authority found among the Oxyrhynchus Papyri are listed in this section.

  • The first number (Vol) is the volume of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri in which the manuscript is published.
  • The second number (Oxy) is the overall publication sequence number in Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
  • Standard abbreviated citation of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri is:
P. Oxy. <volume in Roman numerals> <publication sequence number>.
  • Context will always make clear whether volume 70 of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri or the Septuagint is intended.
  • P. Oxy. VIII 1073 is an Old Latin version of Genesis, other manuscripts are probably copies of the Septuagint.
  • Dates are estimated to the nearest 50 year increment.
  • Content is given to the nearest verse where known.
VolOxyDateContentInstitutionCity, StateCountry
IV656150Gen 14:21–23; 15:5–9; 19:32–20:11;24:28–47; 27:32–33, 40–41Bodleian Library; MS.Gr.bib.d.5(P)OxfordUK
VI845400Psalms 68; 70Egyptian Museum; JE 41083CairoEgypt
VI846550Amos 2University of Pennsylvania; E 3074PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaU.S.
VII1007400Genesis 2–3British Museum; Inv. 2047LondonUK
VIII1073350Gen 5–6 Old LatinBritish Museum; Inv. 2052LondonUK
VIII1074250Exodus 31–32University of Illinois; GP 1074Urbana, IllinoisU.S.
VIII1075250Exodus 11:26–32British Library; Inv. 2053 (recto)LondonUK
IX1166250Genesis 16:8–12British Library; Inv. 2066LondonUK
IX1167350Genesis 31Princeton Theological SeminaryPap. 9PrincetonNew JerseyU.S.
IX1168350Joshua 4-5 vellumPrinceton Theological SeminaryPap. 10PrincetonNew JerseyU.S.
X1225350Leviticus 16Princeton Theological SeminaryPap. 12PrincetonNew JerseyU.S.
X1226300Psalms 7–8Liverpool UniversityClass. Gr. Libr. 4241227LiverpoolUK
XI1351350Lev 27 vellumAmbrose Swasey Library; 886.4

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School(prior to private sale)

RochesterNew YorkU.S.
XI1352325Pss 82–83 vellumEgyptian Museum; JE 47472CairoEgypt
XV1779350Psalm 1United Theological SeminaryDayton, OhioU.S.
XVI1928500Ps 90 amuletAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XVII2065500Psalm 90Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XVII2066500Ecclesiastes 6–7Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XXIV2386500Psalms 83–84Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
L352250Job 42.11–12Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LX4011550Ps 75 interlinearAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4442225Ex 20:10–17, 18–22Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4443100Esther 8:16-9:3Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK

Old Testament Deuterocanon (or, Apocrypha)

This name designates several, unique writings (e.g., the Book of Tobit) or different versions of pre-existing writings (e.g., the Book of Daniel) found in the canon of the Jewish scriptures (most notably, in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Tanakh). Although those writings were no longer viewed as having a canonical status amongst Jews by the beginning of the second century A.D., they retained that status for much of the Christian Church. They were and are accepted as part of the Old Testament canon by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches. Protestant Christians, however, follow the example of the Jews and do not accept these writings as part of the Old Testament canon.

  • PP. Oxy. XIII 1594 and LXV 4444 are vellum ("vellum" noted in table).
  • Both copies of Tobit are different editions to the known Septuagint text ("not LXX" noted in table).
VolOxyDateContentInstitutionCity, StateCountry
III4034002 Baruch 12:1–13:2, 13:11–14:3Property ofThe General Theological Seminary

and held at the Bishop Payne Library of Virginia Theological Seminary

Alexandria, VAU.S.
VII10103502 Esdras 16:57–59Bodleian LibraryMS.Gr.bib.g.3(P)OxfordUK
VIII1076550Tobit 2not LXXJohn Rylands University Library448ManchesterUK
XIII1594275Tobit 12vellum, not LXXCambridge University LibraryAdd.MS. 6363CambridgeUK
XIII1595550Ecclesiasticus 1Palestine Institute MuseumPacific School of ReligionBerkeleyCaliforniaU.S.
XVII20694001 Enoch 85.10–86.2, 87.1–3Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XVII2074450Apostrophe to Wisdom [?]Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4444350Wisdom 4:17–5:1vellumAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK

Other related papyri

VolOxyDateContentInstitutionCity, StateCountry
IX1173250PhiloBodleian LibraryOxfordUK
XI1356250PhiloBodleian LibraryOxfordUK
XVIII2158250PhiloAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XXXVI2745400onomasticon of Hebrew namesAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK

New Testament

Main article: New Testament

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri have provided the most numerous sub-group of the earliest copies of the New Testament. These are surviving portions of codices (books) written in Greek uncial (capital) letters on papyrus. The first of these were excavated by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt in Oxyrhynchus, at the turn of the 20th century. Of the 127 registered New Testament papyri, 52 (41%) are from Oxyrhynchus. The earliest of the papyri are dated to the middle of the 2nd century, so were copied within about a century of the writing of the original New Testament documents.22

Grenfell and Hunt discovered the first New Testament papyrus (𝔓1), on only the second day of excavation, in the winter of 1896–7. This, together with the other early discoveries, was published in 1898, in the first volume of the now 86-volume work, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri.23

  • The third column (CRG) refers to the now standard sequences of Caspar René Gregory.
  • 𝔓 indicates a papyrus manuscript, a number beginning with zero indicates vellum.
  • The CRG number is an adequate abbreviated citation for New Testament manuscripts.
  • Content is given to the nearest chapter; verses are sometimes listed.
VolOxyCRGDateContentInstitutionCity, StateCountry
I2𝔓1250Matthew 1University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaU.S.
I3069500Mark 10:50.51; 11:11.12Frederick Haskell Oriental InstituteUniversity of Chicago; 2057ChicagoIllinoisU.S.
II208=1781𝔓5250John 1, 16, 20British LibraryLondonUK
II209𝔓10350Romans 1Houghton Library, HarvardCambridgeMassachusettsU.S.
III401071500Matthew 10-11Harvard Semitic Museum; 3735CambridgeMassachusettsU.S.
III402𝔓92501 John 4Houghton Library, HarvardCambridgeMassachusettsU.S.
IV657𝔓13250Hebrews 2–5, 10–12British LibraryLondonUK
VI8470162300John 2Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew YorkU.S.
VI8480163450Revelation 16Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew YorkU.S.
VII1008𝔓152501 Corinthians 7–8Egyptian MuseumCairoEgypt
VII1009𝔓16300Philippians 3–4Egyptian MuseumCairoEgypt
VIII1078𝔓17350Hebrews 9Cambridge University Library, CambridgeCambridgeUK
VIII1079𝔓18300Revelation 1British LibraryLondonUK
VIII10800169350Revelation 3–4Robert Elliott Speer LibraryPrinceton Theological SeminaryPrincetonU.S.
IX11690170500Matthew 6Robert Elliott Speer LibraryPrinceton Theological SeminaryPrincetonU.S.
IX1170𝔓19400Matthew 10–11Bodleian LibraryOxfordUK
IX1171𝔓20250James 2–3Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, PrincetonPrincetonNew JerseyU.S.
X1227𝔓21400Matthew 12Muhlenberg CollegeAllentownPennsylvaniaU.S.
X1228𝔓22250John 15–16Glasgow University LibraryGlasgowUK
X1229𝔓23250James 1University of IllinoisUrbana, IllinoisU.S.
X1230𝔓24350Revelation 5–6Franklin Trask LibraryAndover Newton Theological SchoolNewtonMassachusettsU.S.
XI135302063501 Peter 5United Theological SeminaryDayton, OhioU.S.
XI1354𝔓26600Romans 1Joseph S. Bridwell LibrarySouthern Methodist UniversityDallas, TexasU.S.
XI1355𝔓27250Romans 8–9Cambridge University LibraryCambridgeUK
XIII1596𝔓28250John 6Palestine Institute MuseumPacific School of ReligionBerkeleyCaliforniaU.S.
XIII1597𝔓29250Acts 26Bodleian LibraryOxfordUK
XIII1598𝔓302501 Ths 4–5; 2 Ths 1Ghent University LibraryGhentBelgium
XV1780𝔓39250John 8Museum of the BibleWashington, D.C.U.S.
XV1781=208𝔓5250John 1, 16, 20British LibraryLondonUK
XVIII2157𝔓51400Galatians 1Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XXIV2383𝔓69250Luke 22Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XXIV2384𝔓70250Matthew 2–3, 11–12, 24Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XXIV2385𝔓71350Matthew 19Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XXXIV/LXIV2683/4405𝔓77200Matthew 23Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XXXIV2684𝔓78300JudeAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
L3523𝔓90150John 18–19Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4449𝔓100300James 3–5Sackler LibraryPapyrology RoomsOxfordUK
LXIV4401𝔓101250Matthew 3–4Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXIV4402𝔓102300Matthew 4Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXIV4403𝔓103200Matthew 13–14Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXIV4404𝔓104150Matthew 21?Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXIV4406𝔓105500Matthew 27–28Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4445𝔓106250John 1Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4446𝔓107250John 17Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4447𝔓108250John 17/18Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXV4448𝔓109250John 21Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXVI449424𝔓110350Matthew 10Sackler LibraryPapyrology RoomsOxfordUK
LXVI4495𝔓111250Luke 17Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXVI4496𝔓112450Acts 26–27Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXVI4497𝔓113250Romans 2Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXVI4498𝔓114250Hebrews 1Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXVI4499𝔓115300Revelation 2–3, 5–6, 8–15Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXVI45000308350Revelation 11:15–18Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXI4803𝔓119250John 1:21–28, 38–44Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXI4804𝔓120350John 1:25–28, 33–38, 42–44Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXI4805𝔓121250John 19:17–18, 25–26Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXI4806𝔓1224th/5th centuryJohn 21:11–14, 22–24Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXII4844𝔓1234th/5th century1 Corinthians 14:31–34; 15:3–6Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXII4845𝔓1244th/5th century2 Corinthians 11:1-4. 6–9Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXIII4934𝔓1253rd/4th century1 Peter 1:23-2:5.7-12Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXIV4968𝔓1275th centuryActs 10–17Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXXI5258𝔓1323rd/4th centuryEphesians 3:21–4:2, 14–16UnknownUnknownUnknown
LXXXI5259𝔓1333rd century1 Timothy 3:13–4:8Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXXXVII5575late 2nd centurySyncretistic:25 portions of Matt 6, Luke 12, Thomas 27

New Testament apocrypha

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection contains around twenty manuscripts of New Testament apocrypha, works from the early Christian period that presented themselves as biblical books, but were not eventually received as such by the orthodoxy. These works found at Oxyrhynchus include the gospels of Thomas, Mary, Peter, James, The Shepherd of Hermas, and the Didache. (All of these are known from other sources as well.) Among this collection are also a few manuscripts of unknown gospels. The three manuscripts of Thomas represent the only known Greek manuscripts of this work; the only other surviving manuscript of Thomas is a nearly complete Coptic manuscript from the Nag Hammadi find.26 P. Oxy. 4706, a manuscript of The Shepherd of Hermas, is notable because two sections believed by scholars to have been often circulated independently, Visions and Commandments, were found on the same roll.27

  • P. Oxy. V 840 and P. Oxy. XV 1782 are vellum
  • 2949?, 3525, 3529? 4705, and 4706 are rolls, the rest codices.
VolOxyDateContentInstitutionCity, StateCountry
Early Writings
LXIX4705250Shepherd, Visions 1:1, 8–9Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LXIX4706200ShepherdVisions 3–4; Commandments 2; 4–9Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
L3526350Shepherd, Commandments 5–6

[same codex as 1172]

Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XV1783325Shepherd, Commandments 9
IX1172350Shepherd, Parables 2:4–10

[same codex as 3526]

British Library; Inv. 224LondonUK
LXIX4707250Shepherd, Parables 6:3–7:2Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XIII1599350Shepherd, Parables 8
L3527200Shepherd, Parables 8:4–5Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
L3528200Shepherd, Parables 9:20–22Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
III404300Shepherd
XV1782350Didache 1–3Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
Pseudepigrapha
I1200Gospel of ThomasBodleian LibraryMs. Gr. Th. e 7 (P)OxfordUK
IV654200Gospel of ThomasBritish Library; Inv. 1531LondonUK
IV655200Gospel of ThomasHoughton Library, HarvardSM Inv. 4367CambridgeMassachusettsUS
XLI2949200Gospel of Peter?Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
L3524550Gospel of James 25:1Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
L3525250Gospel of MaryAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
LX4009150Gospel of Peter?Ashmolean MuseumOxfordUK
I6450Acts of Paul and Thecla
VI849325Acts of Peter
VI850350Acts of John
VI851500Apocryphal Acts
VIII1081Gnostic Gospel
II210250Unknown gospelCambridge University LibraryAdd. Ms. 4048CambridgeUK
V840200Unknown gospelBodleian LibraryMs. Gr. Th. g 11OxfordUK
X1224300Unknown gospelBodleian LibraryMs. Gr. Th. e 8 (P)OxfordUK

Other related texts

  • Four exact dates are marked in bold type:
three libelli are dated: all to the year 250, two to the month, and one to the day; a warrant to arrest a Christian is dated to 28 February 256.
VolOxyDateContentInstitutionCity, StateCountry
Biblical quotes
VIII1077550Amulet: magic textquotes Matthew 4:23–24Trexler Library; Pap. Theol. 2Muhlenberg CollegeAllentownPennsylvaniaU.S.
LX401028350"Our Father" (Matthew 6:9ff)with introductory prayerPapyrology RoomAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
Creeds
XVII206729450Nicene Creed (325)Papyrology RoomAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XV1784450Constantinopolitan Creed (4th-century)Ambrose Swasey LibraryColgate Rochester Crozer Divinity SchoolRochesterNew YorkU.S.
Church Fathers
III405250Irenaeus, Against HeresiesCambridge University LibraryAdd. Ms. 4413CambridgeUK
XXXI253130550Theophilus I of AlexandriaPeri Katanuxeos [?]Papyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
Unknown theological works
XIII1600450treatise on The PassionBodleian LibraryMs. Gr. Th. d 4 (P)OxfordUK
I4300theological fragmentCambridge University LibraryCambridgeUK
III406250theological fragmentLibrary; BH 88470.1McCormick Theological SeminaryChicagoIllinoisU.S.
Dialogues (theological discussions)
XVII207031275anti-Jewish dialoguePapyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
XVII207132550fragment of a dialoguePapyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
Apologies (arguments in defence of Christianity)
XVII207233250fragment of an apologyPapyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
Homilies (short sermons)
XIII1601400homily about spiritual warfareAmbrose Swasey LibraryColgate Rochester Crozer Divinity SchoolRochesterNew YorkU.S.
XIII1602400homily to monks (vellum)University LibraryState University of GhentGhentBelgium
XIII1603500homily about womenJohn Rylands University LibraryInv R. 55247ManchesterUK
XV1785450collection of homilies [?]Papyrology RoomAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
XVII207334375fragment of a homilyand other textPapyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
Liturgical texts (protocols for Christian meetings)
XVII206835350liturgical [?] fragmentsPapyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
III407300Christian prayerDepartment of ManuscriptsBritish LibraryLondonUK
XV1786275Christian hymnwith musical notationPapyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
Hagiographies (biographies of saints)
L352936350martyrdom of DioscorusPapyrology RoomAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
Libelli (certificates of pagan sacrifice)
LVIII3929250libellus from between25 June and 24 July 250Papyrology RoomAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
IV658250libellus from the year 250Beinecke LibraryYale UniversityNew HavenConnecticutU.S.
XII1464250libellus 27 June 250Department of ManuscriptsBritish LibraryLondonUK
XLI2990250libellus from the 3rd centuryPapyrology RoomsSackler LibraryOxfordUK
Other documentary texts
XLII3035256warrant to arrest a Christian28 February 256Papyrology RoomAshmolean MuseumOxfordUK
Other fragments
I5300early Christian fragmentBodleian LibraryMs. Gr. Th. f 9 (P)OxfordUK

Bibliography

The Oxyrhynchus papyri series has been published since 1898.

  • Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). The Oxyrhynchus papyri. Vol. 1. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
  • v. 1. Texts (I-CCVII) -- Indexes. 1898
  • v. 2. Texts (CCVIII-CCCC) -- Indexes. 1899
  • v. 3. Texts (401-653) -- Indexes. 1903
  • v. 4. Texts (654-839) -- Indexes. 1904
  • v. 5. Texts (840-844) -- Indexes. 1908
  • v. 6. Texts (845-1006) -- Indexes. 1908
  • v. 7. Texts (1007-1072) -- Indexes. 1910
  • v. 8. Texts (1073-1165) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by Arthur S. Hunt. 1911
  • v. 9. Texts (1166-1223) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by Arthur S. Hunt. 1912
  • v. 10. Texts (1224-1350) -- Indexes. 1914
  • v. 11. Texts (1351-1404) -- Indexes. 1915
  • Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1916). The Oxyrhynchus papyri. Vol. 12. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
  • v. 13. Texts (1594-1625) -- Indexes. 1919
  • v. 14. Texts (1626-1777) -- Indexes. 1920
  • v. 15. Texts (1778-1828) -- Indexes. 1922
  • v. 16. Texts (1829-2063) -- Indexes. 1924
  • v. 17. Texts (2065-2156) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by Arthur S. Hunt. 1927
  • v. 18. Texts (2157-2207) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E. Lobel. 1941
  • v. 19. Texts (2208-2244) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E. Lobel [and others]. 1948
  • v. 20. Texts (2245-2287) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E. Lobel [and others]. 1952
  • v. 21. Texts (2288-2308) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1951
  • v. 22. Texts (2309-2353) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E. Lobel and C.H. Roberts. 1954
  • v. 23. Texts (2354-2382) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1956
  • v. 24. Texts (2383-2425) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E. Lobel [and others]. 1957 (repr. 1964)
  • v. 25. Texts (2426-2437) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E. Lobel and E.G. Turner. 1959
  • v. 26. Texts (2438-2451) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1961
  • v. 27. Texts (2452-2480) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E.G. Turner [and others]. 1962
  • v. 28. Texts (2481-2505) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1962
  • v. 29. Text (2506) -- Indexes / edited with a commentary by Denys Page. 1963
  • v. 30. Texts (2507-2530) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1964
  • v. 31. Texts (2531-2616) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.W.B. Barns [and others]. 1966
  • v. 32. Texts (2617-2653) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1967
  • v. 33. Texts (2654-2682) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by Peter Parsons [and others]. 1968
  • v. 34. Texts (2683-2732) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by L. Ingrams [and others]. 1968
  • v. 35. Texts (2733-2744) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1968
  • v. 36. Texts (2745-2800) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by R.A. Coles [and others]. 1970
  • v. 37. Texts (2801-2823) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1971
  • v. 38. Texts (2824-2877) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by Gerald M. Browne. 1971
  • v. 39. Texts (2878-2891) -- Indexes / edited with notes by E. Lobel. 1972
  • v. 40. Texts (2892-2942) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.R. Rea. 1972
  • v. 41. Texts (2943-2998) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by G.M. Browne. 1972
  • v. 42. Texts (2999-3087) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by p.J. Parsons. 1974
  • v. 43. Texts (3088-3150) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.R. Rea. 1975
  • v. 44. Texts (3151-3208) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by A.K. Bowman [and others]. 1976
  • v. 45. Texts (3209-3266) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by A.K. Bowman [and others]. 1977
  • v. 46. Texts (3267-3315) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.R. Rea. 1978
  • v. 47. Texts (3316-3367) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by R.A. Coles, M.W. Haslam. 1980
  • v. 48. Texts (3368-3430) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by M. Chambers [and others]. 1981
  • v. 49. Texts (3431-3521) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by A. Bülow-Jacobsen, J.E.G. Whitehorne. 1982
  • v. 50. Texts (3522-3600) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by A.K. Bowman [and others]. 1983
  • v. 51. Texts (3601-3646) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.R. Rea. 1984
  • v. 52. Texts (3647-3694) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by Helen M. Cockle. 1984
  • v. 53. Texts (3695-3721) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by M.W. Haslam. 1986
  • v. 54. Texts (3722-3776) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by R.A. Coles, H. Maehler, p.J. Parsons. 1987
  • v. 55. Texts (3777-3821) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.R. Rea. 1988
  • v. 56. Texts (3822-3875) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by M.G. Sirivianou. 1989
  • v. 57. Texts (3876-3914) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by M.W. Haslam, H. el-Maghrabi, J.D. Thomas. 1990
  • v. 58. Documents of the Roman and Byzantine periods (3915-3962) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.R. Rea. 1991
  • v. 59. Texts (3963-4008) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by E.W. Handley [and others]. 1992
  • v. 60. Texts (4009-4092) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by R.A. Coles, M.W. Haslam, p.J. Parsons. 1994
  • v. 61. Texts (4093-4300) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by T. Gagos. 1995
  • v. 62. Texts (4301-4351) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.C Shelton, J.E.G. Whitehorne. 1995
  • v. 63. Documents of the Byzantine period (4352-4400) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by J.R. Rea. 1996
  • v. 64. New Testament (4401-4406) -- Comedy (4407-4412) -- Hellenistic poets (4413-4432) -- Documents of the Roman and Byzantine periods (4433-4441) -- Indexes. 1998
  • v. 65. Theological texts (4442-4449) -- Literary texts (4450-4460) -- Texts with musical notation (4461-4467) -- Magic, religion and astrology (4468-4477) -- Documentary texts (4478-4493) -- Indexes. 1998
  • v. 66. New Testament (4494-4500) -- Epigram and elegy (4501-4507) -- Comedy (4508-4523) -- Documentary texts (4524-4544) -- Indexes. 1999
  • v. 67. Euripides (4545-4568) -- Demosthenes (4569-4580) -- Oracular texts (4581) -- Documentary texts (4582-4623) -- Private letters (4624-4629) -- Scholia Minora to Homer, Iliad II (4630-4638) -- Indexes. 2001
  • v. 68. New literary texts (4639-4652) -- Known literary texts (4653-4668) -- Subliterary texts (4669-4674) -- Documentary texts (4675-4704) -- Indexes. 2003
  • v. 69. Theological texts (4705-4707) -- New literary texts (4708-4714) -- Known literary texts (4715-4738) -- Documentary texts (4739-4757) -- Appendix -- Indexes. 2005
  • v. 70. Theological text (4759) -- New literary texts (4760-4762) -- Known literary texts (4763-4771) -- Documentary texts (4772-4802) -- Appendix -- Indexes. 2006
  • v. 71. Theological texts (4803-4806) -- New literary texts (4807-4812) -- Homer and Homerica (4813-4821) -- Documentary texts (4822-4837) -- Drawings (4838-4843) -- Indexes. 2007
  • v. 72. New Testament (4844-4845) -- Hexameter poetry (4846-4853) -- Rhetorical texts (4854-4855) -- Documents of the Roman period (4856-4892) -- Documents of the Byzantine period (4893-4930) -- Indexes. 2008
  • v. 73. Theological texts (4931-4934) -- Comedy (4935-4937) -- New literary texts (4938-4945) -- Known literary texts (4946-4949) -- Subliterary texts (4950-4952) -- Documentary texts (4953-4967) -- Indexes. 2009
  • v. 74. New Testament (4968) -- Medical and related texts (4969-4979) -- Documentary texts (4980-5019) -- Indexes. 2009
  • v. 75. Theological texts (5020-5024) -- New literary texts (5025-5026) -- Known literary texts (5027-5048) -- Documentary texts (5049-5071)
  • v. 76. Theological texts (5072-5074) -- New literary texts (5075-5077) -- Known literary texts (5078-5092) -- Documentary texts (5096-5100) -- Indexes. Edited with translations and notes by D. Colomo and J. Chapa. 2011
  • v. 77. Septuagint (5101) -- Hexameters (5102-5106) -- Documentary texts (5107-5126) -- Indexes. Edited with translations and notes by A. Benaissa. 2011
  • v. 78. Theological texts (5127-5129) -- New literary texts (5130-5131) -- Known literary texts (5132-5158) -- Subliterary texts (5159-5163) -- Documentary texts (5164-5182). Edited with translations and notes by R.-L. Chang, W.B. Henry, P.J. Parsons, and A. Benaissa. 2012
  • v. 79. New literary texts (5183-5194) -- Known literary texts (5195-5200) -- Subliterary texts (5201-5205) -- Documentary texts (5206-5218) / edited with translations and notes by W.B. Henry, P.J. Parsons, and [18 others]. And an appendix: Games, competitors, and performers in Roman Egypt / by S. Remijsen. Indexes. 2014
  • v. 80. Extant medical texts (5219-5229) -- New medical texts (5230-5253) -- Doctors' reports (5254-5257) -- Indexes. Edited with translations and notes by M. Hirt, D. Leith and W.B. Henry ; with contributions by D. Colomo, N. Gonis, L. Tagliapietra. 2014
  • v. 81. Theological texts (5258-5260) -- New literary texts (5261-5264) -- Known literary texts (5265-5280) -- Subliterary texts (5281-5285) -- Documentary texts (5286-5289) / edited with translations and notes by J.H. Brusuelas and C. Meccariello. 2016
  • v. 82. Theological texts (5290-91) -- New classical text (5292) -- Extant classical texts (5293-5301) -- Glossary (5302) -- Magic and medicine (5303-15) -- Documentary texts (5316-42) -- Drawing (5343) / edited with translations and notes by N. Gonis, F. Maltomini, W.B. Henry and S. Slattery. 2016
  • v. 83. Theological texts (5344-5348) -- New literary & subliterary texts (5349-5359) -- Documentary texts (5360-5400) -- Painting & drawings (5401-5403) / edited with translations and notes by P.J. Parsons, N. Gonis. 2018
  • v. 84. Septuagint (5404-8) -- New literary & subliterary texts (5409-14) -- Apollonius Rhodius (5415-31) -- Documentary texts (5432-75) -- Painting (5476) / edited with translations and notes by A. Benaissa and N. Gonis, W.B. Henry, M. Langelotti. 2019
  • v. 85. Theological texts (5477-80) -- New literary texts (5481-3) -- Known literary texts (5484-94) -- Law (5495) -- Documentary texts (5496-5531) -- Indexes / edited with translations and notes by N. Gonis, P. J. Parsons, and W. B. Henry. 2020
  • v. 86 Theological texts (5532-5534) -- New literary and subliterary texts (5535-5548) -- Documentary texts (5549-5572) / edited with translations and notes by A. Benaissa, M. Zellmann-Rohrer

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