List of papyrus collections

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P. Oxy. LII 3679: A papyrus from Oxyrhynchus, contains a work by Plato

There are various institutes and libraries that maintain papyrus collections . Some papyrus collections also contain written objects made of other materials such as parchment or ostraka . The conservation, cataloging, storage and evaluation of old papyrus fragments requires special expertise and air-conditioned storage rooms, so that by no means every large library is able to store papyri . A substantial part of the holdings of most German collections is due to the activities of the German Papyrus Cartel in the period before World War I. The papyrus cartel bundled the budgets of the German universities and prevented the German universities from unwittingly outbidding each other to buy. The purchased pieces were divided as a percentage of the budget made available. The most complete list of papyrus collections worldwide can be found on the Trismegistos portal (see links below).

Europe

Name of the collection place country Number Objects description source
Papyrus Collection Berlin Egyptian Museum Berlin Germany approx. 35,000 The Berlin papyrus collection is the most important collection of its kind in Germany.
Papyrus collection of the Seminar for Ancient History in Bonn Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn Germany 277 papyri, 13 ostraka and 10 medieval paper pages Acquired by the German papyrus cartel.
Giessen papyrus collections Justus-Liebig university of Giessen Germany over 2500 papyri The Giessen papyrus collections are divided into three collections:
  • The Papyri Gissenses is a collection of the ancient historian Ernst Kornemann (1868–1946) and the industrialist Wilhelm Gail (1854–1925) from Giessen. This papyrus collection was originally kept in the museum of the Upper Hessian History Association in Gießen before it was transferred to the university in 1930. It contains, among other things, a copy of the Constitutio Antoniniana of Emperor Caracalla .
  • The Papyri bibliothecae universitatis Gissensis is a separate collection of the Justus Liebig University , founded in 1908 by the philologists Otto Immisch and Alfred Körte .
  • The Papyri Iandanae was a private collection of the Giessen philologist Karl Kalbfleisch (1868-1946), who bequeathed it to the university in his will. It contains, among other things, a fragment from Cicero's "Speeches against Verres".
Papyrus collection of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Germany 250 papyri, wax and lead tablets Contains Egyptian, Ptolemaic, Imperial, Coptic and Arabic papyrus texts and documents.
Papyrus collection of the Institute for Papyrology Heidelberg Heidelberg University Germany approx.11,000 papyri, parchments , rag papers , ostracas The second largest collection in Germany after Berlin. About 5000 Greek, 3200 Arabic, 1370 Coptic , 815 demotic , a few hieratic , Middle Persian , Hebrew , Aramaic and Syrian papyri, parchment and rag paper; 760 ostraka. The core of the collection are the papyri the private collection of the consul of the German Reich in Cairo Carl August Reinhardt (1856-1903), who in 1897 by selling his collection, by a well-known donation of the Director General of the Portland Cement plant Heidelberg Friedrich Schott purchased made possible the establishment of the Heidelberg papyrus collection by the chief librarian Karl Zangemeister and the grand ducal Baden minister for justice, culture and education Wilhelm Nokk . Further pieces were added by the Baden papyrus excavations in Qarâra and el-Hibeh in 1913 and 1914, and also by the activities of the German papyrus cartel.
Papyrus collection of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena Friedrich Schiller University Jena Germany 2000 papyri and ostraka Contains works by Irenäus von Lyon , u. a. the so-called " Irenaeus- Papyrus". Papyri from the 3rd century BC BC to 7th century AD in Greek, Demotic, Coptic, Arabic and Latin script. Most are written in Greek and Demotic. The collection was founded through purchases through the papyrus cartel in the years 1904–1913. Smaller donations were made later, such as the private collection of papyrologist Friedrich Zucker .
Papyrus collection at the University of Cologne University of Cologne Germany approx. 6000 papyri and other inscribed objects Is the third largest papyrus collection in Germany after Berlin and Heidelberg. Contains, among other things, the Mani Codex , a life story of Mani who founded Manichaeism . It also contains a poem by the poet Archilochus .
Papyrus and ostraca collection at the Leipzig University Library Leipzig University Library Germany approx. 5000 papyri One of the most important and largest collections of ancient papyri and ostraka in German-speaking countries. The foundations for the collection were laid in the 19th century, when one of the most famous papyri, the Ebers Papyrus , came into the collection. A large part of the collection, like many other German institutions, was acquired in 1902 as part of the German Papyrus Cartel. Most of the papyri come from Hermopolis and were written in Greek in the 4th century. About 90% of the collection is Greek, some Demotic, Coptic, and Arabic.
Papyrus collection of the Philipps University of Marburg Philipps University of Marburg Germany approx. 50 texts Contains Greek papyri (mainly documents) from Egypt from the time of 331 BC. Chr. To 641 AD
Trier papyrus collection University of Trier Germany 508 Contains texts in Egyptian, Greek and Latin languages.
Papyrus collection of the University of Würzburg University of Würzburg Germany 226 Contains Greek, Coptic and Arabic papyri.
Papyrus collection of the Sorbonne Institut de Papyrologie at the Sorbonne in Paris France 2703 It was founded in 1920 by Pierre Jouguet
Chester Beatty Papyri and Chester Beatty Medical Papyri Chester Beatty Library Dublin Ireland 11 codes Acquired from Alfred Chester Beatty between 1930 and 1935. The collection was edited by Frederic G. Kenyon .
Papyrus collection of the Medicea Laurentiana Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Florence Italy about 2500
Papyrus collection of the Istituto Vitelli Istituto Papirologico "G. Vitelli" Florence Italy 988 manuscripts, 953 of which are papyri Mostly Greek manuscripts
Papyrus collection of the National Library of Naples National Library of Naples Italy Come from Herculaneum and were excavated in the Villa dei Papiri in the 18th century . They are charred by the eruption of Vesuvius . Methods have been worked out to enable them to scroll and read.
Papyrus collection of the Museo Egizio Museo Egizio in Turin Italy 170


Papyrus collection of the Papyrological Institute in Leiden Papyrological Institute of the University of Leiden Netherlands 660 documents, 235 coins (as of 2012) The only papyrus collection in the Netherlands (founded in 1935), contains Greek and demotic papyri, ostraka and wax tablets (literary texts, bills, private letters, magical texts, etc.)
Papyrus Collection (Oslo Collection) Oslo University Library Norway 1662 manuscripts
Martin Schøyen Collection Oslo and London Norway and United Kingdom 1100 papyri founded by MO Schøyen and continued by Martin Schøyen . It is the largest private collection of the 20th century.
Papyrus Collection and Papyrus Museum Vienna Austrian National Library (ÖNB), Vienna Austria approx. 180,000 The papyrus collection and the Papyrus Museum in Vienna go back to Rainer von Österreich (1827–1913) . It is one of the world's largest papyrus collections.
Former Fackelmann collection Vienna Austria about 50? Manuscript fragments Former private collection, now sold
Papyrus collection of the Warsaw Papyrology Institute Warsaw University Poland 74 papyri since 1932, a part was destroyed in the war, from the 1960s 61 papyri from Berlin
Lund papyrus collection Lund University Library Sweden 800 papyri in Greek
Collection of the Bodmer papyri Bibliotheca Bodmeriana Cologny Switzerland Contains Greek and Coptic documents, classical texts, Bible manuscripts and works of the ancient Church.
Collección Palau-Ribes at the Archivo Histórico SJ, Barcelona Archivo Histórico SJ de Cataluña Barcelona Spain over 2000, 336 manuscripts, including 285 papyri especially biblical papyri in Greek and Sahrawi, founded in 1961 by José O'Callaghan Martínez SJ.
Collection of the Rylands Papyri, Manchester University Library John Rylands University Library , Manchester United Kingdom 700 papyri, with 31 ostracas and 54 codices
British Library Papyrus Collection , London British Library, London United Kingdom approx. 5000 documents approx. 4000 papyri, 620 parchments, 370 ostraka, approx. 3400 Greek, 770 Coptic, 380 Syrian, 80 Latin, 50 demotic Source: Trismegistus
Papyrus collection in the Bodleian Library , Oxford Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford United Kingdom approx. 1600 documents approx. 1400 papyri, 150 parchments, 5 wooden panels Source: Trismegistus
Papyrus collection in the Sackler Library, Oxford University Sackler Library. Bodleian Libraries. University of Oxford United Kingdom approx. 5300 documents, approx. 5300 papyri, 80 parchments (if inventoried) approx. 5200 Greek, 40 Greco-Latin, 25 Latin, 10 hieratic. The bulk of the roughly estimated 400,000 Oxyrhynchus papyri that were discovered and excavated in Oxyrhynchus at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries are now in the Sackler Library, mostly uninventory in boxes. Much of the fragments used to be in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford . Others are in the British Museum in London , the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and many other locations. They have been published gradually since around 1900. By early 2012, 5,100 of around 400,000 fragments had been published. Source: Trismegistus

United States

Name of the collection place Number Objects description source
Amherst papyri Morgan Library & Museum in New York In the collection of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney . It contains biblical manuscripts, fragments of the ancient church and classical documents from the Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine periods.
Center-for-the-Tebtunis-Papyri Bancroft Library , University of California at Berkeley over 30,000 papyri
Papyrus collection (Feinberg Collection) Columbia University in New York about 1000 papyri Acquired in Egypt in 1966, developed by Lawrence Feinberg , now e.g. T. for auction
Colt papyri Morgan Library & Museum (New York) Were found in the Nabatean Nessana (also called Nitzana)
Duke University papyrus collection Duke University in Durham , USA about 1,200 Will be digitized.
Houghton's papyri Houghton Library at Harvard University Were handed over by the Egypt Exploration Fund between 1901 and 1909
Michigan Papyrus Collection University of Michigan 10,000 papyrus fragments
Princeton papyri Princeton University
Washington University Papyri Collection Washington University in St. Louis 445 fragments of manuscript Contains 445 fragments of manuscripts from the 1st century BC. BC to the 8th century AD
Yale Papyrus Collection Beincke Library at Yale University over 6,000 Contains an inventory of over 6,000 objects and is cataloged, digitized and accessible online for detailed research.

Worldwide

Name of the collection place Number Objects description source
Collection of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo Cairo Egyptian Museum ( Arabic المتحف المصري) approx. 6450 documents 5000 papyri and more, 1200 ostraka, 200 wooden panels, 40 parchments. Mostly Greek, some demotic, a few hieroglyphic texts Source: Trismegistus
Papyrus collection of the Pushkin Museum Mushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow approx. 150 papyri Papyri, approx. 60 Greek, 50 Coptic, 20 hieroglyphic, 10 demotic, 10 hieratic Source: Trismegistus

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Holger Essler, Fabian Reiter, the Berlin Collection in the German Papyrus Cartel, in: Paul Schubert (Ed.), Actes du 26e Congrès international de papyrologie. Genève, 16–21 août 2010 (Recherches et Rencontres Publications de la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Genève Volume 30). Librairie Droz SA, Geneva 2012, pp. 213–220 with further literature p. 220
  2. ^ Papyrus portal to the collection in Berlin
  3. ↑ Berlin papyrus database | Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection. Retrieved on July 14, 2017 (German).
  4. ^ Papyrus collection of the Ancient History Seminar
  5. ^ Giessen papyrus collections
  6. ^ Papyrus collection of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  7. ^ Papyrus portal to the collection in Halle .
  8. ↑ See Richard Seider, Die Universitäts-Papyrussammlung, in: Heidelberger Jahrbücher 8, 1964, pp. 142–203
  9. ↑ See Wolfgang Habermann, Die Badische Grabungen in Qarâra and El-Hibeh 1913 and 1914 (P. Heid. X), Winter, Heidelberg 2014.
  10. ^ Page of the University of Heidelberg
  11. ^ Papyrus collection of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  12. ^ Papyrus collection of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. ( Memento from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Papyrus portal to the Jena Collection .
  14. ↑ Papyrus collection at the University of Cologne
  15. ^ Papyrus portal to the Cologne collection .
  16. ^ Papyrus portal to the collection of the University of Leipzig
  17. ^ Papyrus collection at the Institute for Legal History and Papyrus Research
  18. ^ Papyrus collection at the Institute for Legal History and Papyrus Research at the Philipps University of Marburg
  19. ↑ Welcome to the Trier papyrus collection. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
  20. ^ Trier papyrus collection. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Trismegistos on the collection in Würzburg
  22. ^ Page on the collection in Würzburg ( Memento from August 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  23. ↑ Trismegistus, page on the Sorbonne
  24. ^ Trismegiostos: Istituto Papirologico "G. Vitelli" in Florence. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
  25. ^ Page of the Egyptian Museum Turin ( Memento from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 7, 2016. According to the website, the website is under construction, so an update should be sought from time to time.
  26. ↑ Homepage of the Papyrological Institute Leiden (Dutch)
  27. ↑ Oslo Collection
  28. ^ Oslo Papyri Electronic System
  29. ↑ Martin Schøyen Collection
  30. ↑ Papyrus Collection Vienna
  31. ^ Papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
  32. ^ Papyri in the Papyrology Department of the University of Warsaw
  33. ^ Trismegistos: Barcelona, ​​Palau-Ribes. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
  34. ^ Page of the Morgan Library & Museum
  35. ^ Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
  36. ↑ Papyri at christies.com
  37. ↑ Duke University page
  38. ^ Digitized papyri from the Houghton Library, Harvard University ( Memento from April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  39. ↑ Digital images of selected Princeton papyri
  40. ↑ Washington University Library page
  41. ^ Papyrus Collection Database of the beincke library