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Greek Papyrus Fragments from Oxyrhynchus in Glasgow University Library's Special Collections DepartmentMS Gen 1026The Department of Classics: Classical Fragments |
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The papyrus fragments digitised and displayed here form
the complete set of fragments donated to Glasgow University Library by the
Egypt Exploration Fund between 1901 and 1924. Read
more about the background to Glasgow University Library's collection.
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 15 MS Gen 1026/1 3rd century Collection of songs to be accompanied by the aulos, or pipe. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. I, pp. 38-39) |
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On verso: Six lines of accounts. |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 52 MS Gen 1026/2 A.D. 325 Report by Aurelius, Didymus and Silvanus, public physicians, to Flavius Leucadius, logistes, stating that they had visited the daughter of Aurelius Dioscorus and found her suffering from wounds caused by his house falling down. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. I, pp. 109-110) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 72 MS Gen 1026/3 A.D. 90 Return of property: report by Zoilus to Epimachus and Theon, keepers of the archives of Oxyrhynchus, of the purchase of a piece of land in Enepta by Marcus Portius from Tiberius Julius Basilides. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. I, pp. 135-136) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 185 MS Gen 1026/4 A.D. 181 Letter from Apollonius and Herminus to Herodes and other managers of the public bank, authorizing them to receive the tax on the sale of a slave. Pharmouthi. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. I, p. 241) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 247 MS Gen 1026/5 A.D. 90 Registration of house-property, addressed to Theon and Epimachus, keepers of the archives, by Panechotes on behalf of his brother. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 2, pp 197-198) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 310 MS Gen 1026/6 14 June, A.D. 56 Receipt for 36 drachmae paid by Apion. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 2, p. 304) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 338 MS Gen 1026/7 A.D. 99-100 Registration of sale of house by Caecilius Clemens. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 2, p. 308) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 359 MS Gen 1026/8 A.D. 80 or 90 Beginning of a property return addressed to Epimachus and Theon by Ammonius. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 2, p. 311) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 893 MS Gen 1026/9 Late 6th or 7th century Judicial sentence by Pamuthius, Paniren and Apollos regarding Marcus and Marinus. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 6, pp 211-213)
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 895 MS Gen 1026/10 A.D. 305 Return of village accounts of Tampeti by Aurelius Sakaon and Aurelius Psois to Aurelius Seuthes, logistes of Oxyrhynchus. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 6, pp 215-216) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 930 MS Gen 1026/11 2nd or 3rd century Letter to Ptolemaeus from his mother, urging him to find another teacher as Diogenes has just left him. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 6, pp 295-296) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1151 MS Gen 1026/12 5th century(?) An elaborate Christian charm, designed to ward off fever and other ills. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 8, pp 251-253)
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1228 MS Gen 1026/13 Late 3rd century Saint John's Gospel xv, xvi. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 10, pp 14-16) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1259 MS Gen 1026/14 A.D. 211-212 Declaration of Posidonius, a shipowner, to Didymus, acknowledging receipt of corn supply for transport to Alexandria. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 10, pp 180-182) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1294 MS Gen 1026/15 Late 2nd or early 3rd century Letter to Didyme from her brother, announcing the dispatch of various articles. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 10, pp 247-248) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1384 MS Gen 1026/16 5th century Medical recipes, for a purge, for curing strangury and wounds; and theological extracts, inserted on account of their medical interest, perhaps as a kind of charm. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 11, pp 238-241) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1422 MS Gen 1026/17 About A.D. 128 Letter from Demetrius, strategus of Gynaecopolite, to Agathodaemon, strategus of Oxyrhynchus, concerning absence of Achilleus whose arrest was required on the charge of harbouring a fugitive slave. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 12, pp 74-75) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1513 MS Gen 1026/18 4th century Account of beer supplied to Dalmatian soldiers and of meat(?) for their officers. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 12, pp 258-259) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1565 MS Gen 1026/19 A.D. 293 Horoscope of a person born on the last day of the 9th year of Diocletian (Aug. 28). (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 12, p. 278) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1658 MS Gen 1026/20 4th century List of various articles. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 14, pp 103-104) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1735 MS Gen 1026/21 4th century Beginning of an account of a vintage. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 14, p. 171) |
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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1783 MS Gen 1026/22 Early 4th century Hermas, Pastor, Mand ix. The leaf is a palimpsest, but the original text, which ran in the reverse direction is so much obliterated that its identity has not yet been established. (See Grenfell and Hunt: vol. 15, pp 15-17)
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Fayûm Papyrus 171 MS Gen 1026/23 Late 2nd or early 3rd century Receipt for tax paid by persons leaving the Fayûm. (See Fayûm towns and their papyri: p. 298)
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For a transcription of each document, see: Edited with translations and notes by Bernard P Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt The Oxyrhynchus papyri London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-1981 (Glasgow University Library copy shelved at Level 10 Main Lib Classics P2 OXY vol. 1-66) |
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These pages were created by Julie Gardham (Glasgow University Library Special Collections): August 2005 |
