Monthly Archives: September 2023

P.Oxy. 87.5575 and P.Oxy. 60.4009: The Same Copyist

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Brent Nongbri

The editors of P.Oxy. 87.5575, the recently published papyrus fragment with a collection of sayings of Jesus, stated that P.Oxy. 60.4009, another papyrus with material about Jesus, “may well be in the same hand, though the loops in that papyrus … Continue reading →

Posted in Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Palaeography | 4 Comments

More Details on the Possible Codex at Graz

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Brent Nongbri

Earlier this year, I noted the news that we may have a new candidate for the earliest surviving portion of a codex, P.Hib. 113, a papyrus excavated from the Egyptian town of Hibeh and now kept at the University of … Continue reading →

Posted in Book binding, Codices, Codicology, Mummy cartonnage, P.Hib. 113 | 1 Comment

The Date of the New Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus P.Oxy. 87.5575

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Brent Nongbri

The publication of the latest volume of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri has been in the news. Among the newly published pieces is a small fragment of a leaf of a papyrus codex that contains a previously unknown collection of sayings of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antiquities Market, Dirk Obbink, Green Collection, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Palaeography, Passages Speakers Series | 9 Comments