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.
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
- Poems of Pindar. Pindar was the first known Greek poet to reflect on the nature of poetry and on the poet's role.
- Fragments of Sappho, Greek poet from the island of Lesbos famous for her poems about love.
- Fragments of Alcaeus, an older contemporary and an alleged lover of Sappho, with whom he may have exchanged poems.
- Larger pieces of Alcman, Ibycus, and Corinna.
- Passages from Homer's Iliad. See Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 20 – Iliad II.730-828 and Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 21 – Iliad II.745-764
- Passages and coloured line drawings of the killing of the Nemean Lion from Labours of Heracles (Pap. Oxyrhynchus 2331)
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:
- 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.
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).
Vol | Oxy | Date | Content | Institution | City, State | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
III | 403 | 400 | 2 Baruch 12:1–13:2, 13:11–14:3 | Property ofThe General Theological Seminary and held at the Bishop Payne Library of Virginia Theological Seminary | Alexandria, VA | U.S. |
VII | 1010 | 350 | 2 Esdras 16:57–59 | Bodleian LibraryMS.Gr.bib.g.3(P) | Oxford | UK |
VIII | 1076 | 550 | Tobit 2not LXX | John Rylands University Library448 | Manchester | UK |
XIII | 1594 | 275 | Tobit 12vellum, not LXX | Cambridge University LibraryAdd.MS. 6363 | Cambridge | UK |
XIII | 1595 | 550 | Ecclesiasticus 1 | Palestine Institute MuseumPacific School of Religion | BerkeleyCalifornia | U.S. |
XVII | 2069 | 400 | 1 Enoch 85.10–86.2, 87.1–3 | Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
XVII | 2074 | 450 | Apostrophe to Wisdom [?] | Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
LXV | 4444 | 350 | Wisdom 4:17–5:1vellum | Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
Other related papyri
Vol | Oxy | Date | Content | Institution | City, State | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IX | 1173 | 250 | Philo | Bodleian Library | Oxford | UK |
XI | 1356 | 250 | Philo | Bodleian Library | Oxford | UK |
XVIII | 2158 | 250 | Philo | Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
XXXVI | 2745 | 400 | onomasticon of Hebrew names | Ashmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
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.
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.
Other related texts
- Four exact dates are marked in bold type:
Vol | Oxy | Date | Content | Institution | City, State | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biblical quotes | ||||||
VIII | 1077 | 550 | Amulet: magic textquotes Matthew 4:23–24 | Trexler Library; Pap. Theol. 2Muhlenberg College | AllentownPennsylvania | U.S. |
LX | 401028 | 350 | "Our Father" (Matthew 6:9ff)with introductory prayer | Papyrology RoomAshmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
Creeds | ||||||
XVII | 206729 | 450 | Nicene Creed (325) | Papyrology RoomAshmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
XV | 1784 | 450 | Constantinopolitan Creed (4th-century) | Ambrose Swasey LibraryColgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School | RochesterNew York | U.S. |
Church Fathers | ||||||
III | 405 | 250 | Irenaeus, Against Heresies | Cambridge University LibraryAdd. Ms. 4413 | Cambridge | UK |
XXXI | 253130 | 550 | Theophilus I of AlexandriaPeri Katanuxeos [?] | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
Unknown theological works | ||||||
XIII | 1600 | 450 | treatise on The Passion | Bodleian LibraryMs. Gr. Th. d 4 (P) | Oxford | UK |
I | 4 | 300 | theological fragment | Cambridge University Library | Cambridge | UK |
III | 406 | 250 | theological fragment | Library; BH 88470.1McCormick Theological Seminary | ChicagoIllinois | U.S. |
Dialogues (theological discussions) | ||||||
XVII | 207031 | 275 | anti-Jewish dialogue | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
XVII | 207132 | 550 | fragment of a dialogue | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
Apologies (arguments in defence of Christianity) | ||||||
XVII | 207233 | 250 | fragment of an apology | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
Homilies (short sermons) | ||||||
XIII | 1601 | 400 | homily about spiritual warfare | Ambrose Swasey LibraryColgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School | RochesterNew York | U.S. |
XIII | 1602 | 400 | homily to monks (vellum) | University LibraryState University of Ghent | Ghent | Belgium |
XIII | 1603 | 500 | homily about women | John Rylands University LibraryInv R. 55247 | Manchester | UK |
XV | 1785 | 450 | collection of homilies [?] | Papyrology RoomAshmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
XVII | 207334 | 375 | fragment of a homilyand other text | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
Liturgical texts (protocols for Christian meetings) | ||||||
XVII | 206835 | 350 | liturgical [?] fragments | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
III | 407 | 300 | Christian prayer | Department of ManuscriptsBritish Library | London | UK |
XV | 1786 | 275 | Christian hymnwith musical notation | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
Hagiographies (biographies of saints) | ||||||
L | 352936 | 350 | martyrdom of Dioscorus | Papyrology RoomAshmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
Libelli (certificates of pagan sacrifice) | ||||||
LVIII | 3929 | 250 | libellus from between25 June and 24 July 250 | Papyrology RoomAshmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
IV | 658 | 250 | libellus from the year 250 | Beinecke LibraryYale University | New HavenConnecticut | U.S. |
XII | 1464 | 250 | libellus 27 June 250 | Department of ManuscriptsBritish Library | London | UK |
XLI | 2990 | 250 | libellus from the 3rd century | Papyrology RoomsSackler Library | Oxford | UK |
Other documentary texts | ||||||
XLII | 3035 | 256 | warrant to arrest a Christian28 February 256 | Papyrology RoomAshmolean Museum | Oxford | UK |
Other fragments | ||||||
I | 5 | 300 | early Christian fragment | Bodleian LibraryMs. Gr. Th. f 9 (P) | Oxford | UK |
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
See also
- Herculaneum papyri
- List of early Christian writers
- List of Egyptian papyri by date
- List of New Testament minuscules
- List of New Testament papyri
- List of New Testament uncials
- Novum Testamentum Graece
- Palaeography
- Papyrology
- Tanakh at Qumran
- Textual criticism
- The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus
- Zooniverse - Ancient Lives
- Serapeum of Alexandria
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxyrhynchus papyri.- The Oxyrhynchus papyri (1898 publication by S.H. Hunt)
- Oxford University: Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project
- Oxyrhynchus Online Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Table of Contents. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
- Trismegistos.org Online database of ancient manuscripts.
- GPBC: Gazetteer of Papyri in British Collections
- The Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri. P. Oxy.: The Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
- Wieland Willker Complete List of Greek NT Papyri
- The papyri on line
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. I, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. II, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. III, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. III, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection. Digitized by Cornell University Library Digital Collections
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. IV, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. V, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. VI, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. VII, edited with translations and notes by Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. VIII, edited with translations and notes by Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. IX, edited with translations and notes by Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. X, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection. Digitized by Cornell University Library Digital Collections ISBN 978-1-4297-3971-9
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. X, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. XI, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. XII, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. XIII, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. XIV, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. XV, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive
- The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. I - XV (single indexed PDF file)
- The complete collection (vols.1-84) online at Archive.org
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