Papyrus Oxy. 1354 ("P-26"), Recto
Romans 1:1-16. Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 6th century].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 23.2 x 10.3 cm. Single column of 20 lines.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: Written in continuous Greek capitals on both sides of leaf in brown ink.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy. 1354.
Transcription/Translation
Papyrus Oxy. 1269, List of Property.
Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 2nd century].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 20.2 x 11.2 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: Three different hands can be distinguished: the upper part is in semi-uncials; these change at line 20 to a smaller cursive; from l. 4 on dots or short dashes have been placed in the left margin close to most of the lines.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1269
Transcription/Translation
Papyrus Oxy. 1280,
[Partnership in a lease]. Recto
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 4th century CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 25.1 x 16 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: The text is written across the fibers of the verso; the recto is blank.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1280
Transcription/Translation
Papyrus Oxy. 1369,
[Oedipus tyrannus]. Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 4th century CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 4.4 x 8.8 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: Approximately 43 lines per page. Script is a somewhat irregular sloping uncial of the oval type and probably belongs to the 5th or beginning of the 6th century.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1369
Papyrus Oxy. 1389, [Illiad], on vellum. Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: Late 4th century CE].
Description: Manuscript on vellum. Fragment of 1 leaf. 6 x 17.7 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: Sloping uncial script in brown ink similar to that of the Freer Gospels. Frequent accents, breathings and marks of elision. Stops in the middle position occur twice.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1389
Papyrus Oxy. 1474,
[Application concerning a loan]. Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 216 CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 13.6 x 18.3 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: An application to a strategus from a woman with reference to the return of a loan. The terms of the loan, which was without interest, but subject to an increase of one-half if not repaid at the proper time, are somewhat unusual.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1474
Papyrus Oxy. 1483,
[Letter of reprimand]. Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: Late 2nd century CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 15.8 x 8 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: A sharply worded latter from Dius to Zoilus, who, though called the writer's friend in one of the two addresses on the verso, is blamed for his absence and for having presented an unsatisfactory account of payments in connection with a vineyard or garden-land. At the end Dius threatens to take measures against Zoilus' surety, and throughout writes in the tone of an official superior. The date of the letter is probably the period from Commodus to Caracalla.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1483
Papyrus Oxy. 1571,
[Order to a farmer]. Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 297 CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 14.5 x 10.4 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: Order to a farmer to pay 23 artabae of wheat to a centurion.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1571
Transcription/Translation
Papyrus Oxy. 1652,
[Accounts of transport]. Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: Late 3rd century CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 2 leaves. a) 5.2 x 14.2 cm; b) 5 x 19.6 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: These two short accounts, written by the same hand and following the same formula, relate to the villages of Psobthis and Takona in the Oxyrhynchite nome (district). The names of the villages precede as headings, and below are entered various sums. The items, including barges and barley bound for Alexandria, are to be transported by land or water. Other charges listed are for "desert dues," a crown tax and wages for the camel men.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1652
Papyrus Oxy. 1714,
[Contracts for the deposit of money].
Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 3rd century CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 6 x 21.1 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: This is the beginning of a contract in duplicate for a deposit of money (approximately 110 talents). The joint reign in line 7 probably refers to Diocletian and Maximian.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1714
Papyrus Oxy. 1263,
[Announcement concerning
the practice of a trade].
Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 128-129 CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 9.4 x 6.1 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: A notification addressed to the city-scribe of Oxyrhynchus that the writer proposed to begin practicing the trade of a river worker in the current year.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1263
Papyrus Oxy. 1758,
[Private correspondence].
Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Oxyrhynchus, Egypt: 128-129 CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 17.5 x 8.4 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: This is a letter from a woman, asking that an embargo should be placed on a mound that a tenant was digging on her land, and that no more work should be allowed until her arrival. The reverse side lists the address.
Provenance: (1) Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, c. 1897-1907. (2) Deposited by the Egypt Archeological Society (London) in 1922, moved to A. V. Lane Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1926. (3) Transferred to Bridwell Library, 1951.
Bibliography:
Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-ongoing. P. Oxy 1758
Transcription/Translation
[Receipt?].
Verso
Language: Greek.
Origin: [Greece?: c.100 CE].
Description: Manuscript on papyrus. Fragment of 1 leaf. 10 x 9 cm.
Binding: Re-encased in glass, 2002.
Comments: Written in brown ink in 2 columns.
Provenance: (1) Dr. Lyle M. Sellers, Dallas, 1950-1964. (2) Baylor University Medical Center Library, Dallas, 1964-2001. (3) Long term deposit at Bridwell Library, Dallas, 2001.
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