OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

P.Wash.Univ. II 72, column i

Size:

9.3 x 12.5 cm.

Lines:

12

Publication side:

Verso (Recto: P.Oslo I 2r)

Palaeographic description:

One hand. Fluent semi-bookhand.

State of preservation:

Medium brown papyrus. Upper margin is 2.1 cm., right margin, 1.3 cm. Broken on three sides. Small holes are dispersed on the surface. Black ink, medium pen. Twelve lines of text with good interlinear space. The fragment belongs to the upper part of column i of P.Wash.Univ. II 72. The recto is written in a similar but less cursive hand.

Content

Date:

IInd century CE (IVth century CE ed.pr.)

Origin:

Unknown place, Egypt (P.Wash.Univ II 72 is said to have originated from Oxyrhynchus)

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Paraliterary

Author:

Unknown

Title / Type of text:

Proper conduct in temple / Religious

Content:

The topic is proper conduct in a religious setting. Perhaps a Greek translation of an Egyptian text that resembles the Book of the Temple.

Subjects:

Egyptian religion Egyptian temple Book of the Temple Proper conduct in temple Piety Feast of the Moon

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

No updated English translation. No French translation in Messerer, C. (2017).

Provenance:

Cairo or Fayûm, Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Samson Eitrem

Acquisition year:

1920

Editions

• Eitrem, S., P.Oslo I, 1925, p. 18 (no. 2)
• Messerer, C., Corpus des papyrus grecs sur les relations administratives entre le clergé égyptien et les autorités romaines, vol. 1, 2017, pp. 79-84 (no. 11)

Further Literature

Catalogues

TM 63716 / LDAB 4926 / KYP M770 / M-P3 02484.200

Translations

• Kotansky, R. (1986). The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. ed. Hans Dieter Betz, Chicago, p. 278. (English now outdated)

Discussions

• Merkelbach, R. (1968). Ein ägyptischer Priestereid. ZPE, 2, pp. 8-13.
• Maresch, K. and Packman, Z. M. (Eds.). (1990). Papyri from the Washington University Collection, St. Louis, Missouri, Pap. Colon. vol. 18 (p. 36). Opladen.
• Messerer, C. (2017). Corpus des papyrus grecs sur les relations administratives entre le clergé égyptien et les autorités romaines, vol. I, Pap. Colon. 41.1 (pp. 79-84). Opladen.
• Quack, J. F. (2016). "Translating the Realities of Cult. The Case of the Book of the Temple". In Rutherford, I. (Ed.). Greco-Egyptian Interactions: Literature, Translation, and Culture, 500 BC–AD 300 (pp. 277-278). Oxford.