Oslo papyrus collection
The Oslo Papyrus Collection (Papyri Osloenses) is a collection of manuscripts from the Oslo University Library. It contains 2,272 inventoried papyri , mostly fragments from the 3rd century BC. BC to the 7th century, mostly in Greek .
history
The collection was founded by Samson Eitrem , who acquired 483 papyrus fragments in Egypt for the University of Oslo in 1920 . In the following years further fragments were acquired in collaboration with the British Museum in London , Columbia University in New York , Michigan University in Ann Arbor and Princeton University . Between 1927 and 1929, Leiv Amundsen, Professor Eitrem's assistant, bought other papyri in Egypt, and in 1936 Samson Eitrem bought papyri in Egypt. 1954 some fragments from the possession of Nahman jun. bought.
The papyri were re-inventoried in 1992. 280 texts were edited. 237 of them have so far been digitized in the Oslo Papyri Electronic System (OPES).
Manuscripts
- Papyrus scroll with magical texts (love magic), 4th century, P. Oslo 1,1
- Christian amulet with magical incantations, 4th / 5th. Jhd., P. Oslo inv. 303 (P. Oslo 1,5)
- Christian amulet with the Our Father and the beginning of Psalm 90, P. Oslo inv. 1644
- Papyrus 62 from the Gospel of Matthew and the Book of Daniel, 4th century, perhaps amulet, P. Oslo inv. 1661
Editions
- Leiv Amundsen: Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection. In: Symbolae Osloenses , Volume 24, 1945.
Web links
- History of the Oslo Collection
- Digitized from 253 papyri
- Home page OPES
- Black and white photographs of 36 papyri
- Oslo, University Library trismegistos
Remarks
- ↑ P. Oslo I, 5 on papyri.info