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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Papyrology and discoverythe collection site of the Oxyrhynchus…active
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri: the collection site of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, with images, publications, a location list and a virtual exhibition. Operator: the Egypt Exploration Society, whose collection is housed in Oxford's Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library. Its unit: a text on papyrus or parchment from the Oxyrhynchus excavations. Its texts: literary, documentary and other texts, principally Greek, with Latin, Demotic, Coptic and Arabic.
Visit The Oxyrhynchus Papyri ↗Its NonWiki articleThe thesis

What it records

IntersectionsPapyrology and textual discovery: manuscripts, editions, new finds and redatings
Kind of evidencemanuscript imagescatalogue or metadatatranscription or edition
Unit of recorda text on papyrus or parchment from the Oxyrhynchus excavations
Which textsliterary, documentary and other texts, principally Greek, with Latin, Demotic, Coptic and Arabic
Methodexcavation (Grenfell and Hunt, 1896–1907) and continuing edition of the finds in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri series
Coveragegeography: Oxyrhynchus (modern Bahnasa), Egypt; period: second century BCE to seventh century CE
What it findsit describes the collection as the largest of its kind in the world
Its stated limitsnone stated in the saved page

op the resource's own statement · 3p a third-party account · obs our observation · rd our reading. Hover a tag for its quote; each opens below with its source.

What this evidence can settle

Can answer

  • which texts the collection holds and where they are published
  • the date range of the Oxyrhynchus finds

Cannot answer

  • the composition dates of the works copied on the papyri
  • which New Testament papyri the collection holds (not listed on the saved page)

In the worked questions

Where it meets Revelation First

rd Papyrological inversion and dating: Oxyrhynchus is a principal find-site of early Christian papyri. The saved page does not list them, so the bearing on the workstream is the archive's reading, to be checked against the collection's own lists.

Entity

Canonical nameThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Also known asPOxy, Oxyrhynchus Online
Addresshttp://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/
Operatorthe Egypt Exploration Society, whose collection is housed in Oxford's Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library
Kindthe collection site of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, with images, publications, a location list and a virtual exhibition
Lifecycleactive — the collection continues to be edited and published
Countthousands of texts (as of 2026-10-30)
Data accessimages and publication lists on the site (not opened)
Licencenot stated on the saved page
Versions and datesread: 2026-10-30
Observation2026-10-30: read

Relations

Neighbours

Captures: the composition layer's account

NonWiki: the article, sourced

Evidenceevery field's quote, its source and the hash of the saved copy4
  • collection op
    The Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection, belonging to the Egypt Exploration Society and housed in Oxford's Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library, comprises thousands of texts on papyrus and parchment and is the largest of its kind in the world.
    http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/ · read 2026-10-31 · saved copy sha256 1780c0dd2028f400…
  • contents op
    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, Coptic, and Arabic.
    http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/ · read 2026-10-31 · saved copy sha256 1780c0dd2028f400…
  • excavation op
    Most of the papyri come from excavations conducted at the site of Oxyrhynchus (modern Bahnasa) by Oxford classicists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in 1896–1907 on behalf of the Egypt Exploration Fund (now Society).
    http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/ · read 2026-10-31 · saved copy sha256 1780c0dd2028f400…
  • sections op
    Publications Images Current Project Location-List Virtual Exhibition
    http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/ · read 2026-10-31 · saved copy sha256 1780c0dd2028f400…
Negative tagswhat it is not2
  • NOT a New Testament collection: its papyri are principally literary and documentary Greek texts
  • NOT the excavation's original report
Sourcesevery source read, with its date and hash1
Not yet checkedwhat remains to read2
  • the publication and image lists
  • which New Testament papyri the collection holds

Cite this record

Lee Sharks, ed. "The Oxyrhynchus Papyri." Revelation First meta-aggregator, revelationfirst.com, compiled 2026-10-30. https://www.revelationfirst.com/aggregators/oxyrhynchus-online/

Record https://www.revelationfirst.com/aggregators/oxyrhynchus-online/ · entity https://www.revelationfirst.com/aggregators/oxyrhynchus-online/#entity · the census as data

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  title = {The Oxyrhynchus Papyri},
  howpublished = {Revelation First meta-aggregator, revelationfirst.com},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Compiled 2026-10-30; every field sourced and dated},
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Editor: Lee Sharks (ORCID 0009-0000-1599-0703). This page is the Revelation First meta-aggregator's record of the resource above: its reading and fields are ours, and each field carries its source, its basis and the hash of the copy read. The resource's own terms and findings are kept as its own. Compiled 2026-10-30. CC BY 4.0.