Oxyrhynchus Papyri

University of Illinois – Urban Champaign
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Spurlock Museum of World Cultures
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“Our fragments date to the 1st–7th centuries and represent almost all the types of documents found at Oxyrhynchus [Egypt]. They include fragments of significant literary texts from Euripides and Thucydides, and most importantly, the earliest surviving fragment of … the Letter of James [Epistle].

“There are also legal documents (sales records, list of tax delinquents, a widow’s plea to a judge to reconsider a case, a will, etc.) and personal letters. Other interesting documents are a wedding invitation that translates to ‘Eros invites you to a wedding tomorrow the 29th at the 9th hour’ and a mummy foot tag.”

Reference 2/11/2024 Oxyrhynchus