Oxyrhynchus Papyri

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archaeological find manuscript collection papyri collection primary historical source

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cairo papyri	1
Menander papyri	1
Oxyrhynchus papyri	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological find ⓘ manuscript collection ⓘ papyri collection ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ
associatedWith	Byzantine Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sackler Library, University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ various museums and libraries worldwide ⓘ
dateRange	3rd century BCE to 7th century CE ⓘ
discoveredBy	Arthur Surridge Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard Pyne Grenfell NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	papyrus ⓘ
publicationSeriesTitle	The Oxyrhynchus Papyri NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationStartYear	1898 ⓘ
publisher	Egypt Exploration Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Demotic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Oxyrhynchus → knownFor → Oxyrhynchus Papyri ⓘ

Dyskolos → rediscoveredAt → Oxyrhynchus Papyri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oxyrhynchus papyri

Epitrepontes → textualSource → Oxyrhynchus Papyri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo papyri

Corpus of New Comedy fragments → relatedTo → Oxyrhynchus Papyri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Menander papyri