print email comment close POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online URL: http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk Description: Background information about the Oxyrhynchus papyri, which were excavated from the site of Oxyrhynchus, a regional capital in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. Features illustrated essays about the city and the documents found there (including letters, tax returns, and government documents). Also includes a glossary, a searchable database and updates on the imaging of the papyri located at the Oxford University libraries, and locations of the rest of the papyri. Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society Extra Keywords Egypt Exploration Society papyrus Sackler Library Bahnas¯a Library of Congress Subject Headings: Egypt -- Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt Manuscripts (Papyri) Manuscripts, Greek LII Database Information: Record 2498 created by Jennifer English on 04/25/2005 Last modification on 07/30/2005 Published: 04/25/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2498