Oxyrhynchus

E115706

ancient city archaeological site former populated place

Oxyrhynchus was an important ancient Egyptian city, especially noted today for the vast cache of Greek and Latin papyri discovered there that has greatly enriched knowledge of classical literature and early Christianity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oxyrhynchus canonical	1
Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Ὀξύρρυγχος)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ former populated place ⓘ
administrativeStatusInRomanPeriod	nome capital ⓘ
ancientEgyptianName	Pr-Medjed ⓘ
ancientName	Coptos ⓘ surface form: Oxyrhynchos Oxyrhynchus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Ὀξύρρυγχος)
containsWork	apocryphal Christian gospels ⓘ early copies of New Testament texts ⓘ fragments of Menander ⓘ Pindar's odes ⓘ surface form: fragments of Pindar Sappho ⓘ surface form: fragments of Sappho fragments of Sophocles ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
declinePeriod	early Islamic period ⓘ
discoveredBy	Arthur Surridge Hunt ⓘ Bernard Pyne Grenfell ⓘ
distanceFromCairo	about 160 km south-southwest ⓘ
excavatedBy	Egypt Exploration Society ⓘ surface form: Egypt Exploration Fund Egypt Exploration Society ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Byzantine period ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic period Roman period ⓘ
hasCoordinate	approximately 28.5°N 30.8°E ⓘ
knownFor	Oxyrhynchus Papyri ⓘ documentary papyri ⓘ early Christian texts ⓘ large cache of Greek papyri ⓘ large cache of Latin papyri ⓘ texts of classical Greek literature ⓘ
locatedIn	Al Minya Governorate ⓘ central Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Egypt
locatedNear	Faiyum Oasis ⓘ
locatedOn	Bahr Yussef ⓘ
majorExcavationsBegan	1896 ⓘ
modernSettlementName	El-Bahnasa ⓘ
namedAfter	oxyrhynchus fish ⓘ sharp-nosed fish sacred to the god Set ⓘ
papyriLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Coptic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
partOf	Roman province of Egypt ⓘ
religionInAntiquity	Greek polytheism ⓘ ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
religionInLateAntiquity	Christianity ⓘ
significance	important for study of early Christianity ⓘ major source for documentary evidence of daily life in Greco-Roman Egypt ⓘ major source for reconstruction of lost classical texts ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Egypt → majorCity → Oxyrhynchus ⓘ

Oxyrhynchus → ancientName → Oxyrhynchus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Ὀξύρρυγχος)