Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Publication Title

Analecta Papyrologica

Pages

351-382

Publisher Name

Sicania University Press

Abstract

Probably the most famous single season for the excavation of papyri in Egypt was the one that took place in the winter of 1896-1897, under the direction of Bernard P. Grenfell (1869-1926) with the assistance of Arthur S. Hunt (1871-1934) at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus, present-day al-Bahnasaų. The site fell within the geographical limits of the permit granted by the Antiquities Service to W.M.F. (Flinders) Petrie, but when it proved disappointing in its prehistoric and pharaonic remains, Petrie left it to Grenfell, who was there with Hunt in search of papyri, especially Christian and literary papyri in Greek1 . In this, as is well known, their hopes were spectacularly fulfilled.

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ISSN 1122-2336

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Author Posting © Sicania, 2016. This article is posted here by permission of Sicania for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in Analecta Papyrologica, Volume 28, 2016, http://www.sicania.me.it/commerce/14-analecta-papyrologica

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