Category Archives: Nash Papyrus

Early Publications on the Nash Papyrus

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Brent Nongbri

Thanks to the several readers who pointed out that the early issues of The Cambridge Review are available at HathiTrust (for those in the US). In the 1903 issue, F.C. Burkitt provides an account offering basically contemporary evidence for 1902 … Continue reading →

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The Purchase of the Nash Papyrus, Again

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Brent Nongbri

I continue to be puzzled by the problem of the purchase of the Nash Papyrus. In an earlier post, I noted that one finds two different dates in the literature, 1898 and 1902. I cited Emanuel Tov among those who … Continue reading →

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The Purchase of the Nash Papyrus: Two Different Dates

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Brent Nongbri

In my earlier post about a papyrus containing the Odyssey at Cambridge, I mentioned that this piece was purchased together with the Nash Papyrus, but I noted that I could not figure out the precise date of the purchase. There … Continue reading →

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A Cambridge Papyrus of the Odyssey and the Nash Papyrus

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Brent Nongbri

In the last couple days, the Cambridge University Library has been posting about a papyrus in their collection that contains a passage from the Odyssey. This is Cambridge University Library Add MS 4074 (TM 61188), containing some fragmentary lines of … Continue reading →

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