Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Available
https://www.sds.ox.ac.uk/oxyrhynchus-papyri

Author/Editor
Amin Benaissa, W. Benjamin Henry

Description
Taken from the project website (Accessed 2023-09-19): This database presents digitised images of the published papyri belonging to the Egypt Exploration Society and housed in the Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library at Oxford. The collection comprises thousands of texts on papyrus and parchment and is the largest of its kind in the world. It includes principally literary, documentary, and other texts in Greek, dating from the second century BCE to the seventh century CE; other languages represented include Latin, Demotic, and Coptic. Most of the papyri come from excavations conducted at the site of Oxyrhynchus (modern Behnesa) by Oxford classicists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in 1896–1907 on behalf of the Egypt Exploration Fund (now Society). Since then, scholars have worked continuously to catalogue, decipher, and publish this material. The new SDS platform provides a stable, user-friendly long-term home for the database. Technical updates can be carried out centrally, without requiring ongoing IT support by project or faculty staff, and records can be uploaded and adjusted directly by project members. Hosting costs are covered by the SDS service (via the Humanities Division), thus ensuring the sustainability of the database.