Object of the Month

BGU I 103 (P. 6876) This papyrus was part of the private collection of Heinrich Brugsch and got to the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung in 1891. It was probably found in the area of the Fayum, the oasis on the… Read More→

P.Berl.Leihg. I 21 (P. 11750) This papyrus was found during the excavations in el-Ashmunein, the ancient Hermupolis, but originated from the neighbouring district Cynopolites. The back is blank the recto contains a sales contract: Aurelios Theodoros, son of Harpokration, from… Read More→

BKT VI 5 (P. 10677) “And let us keep the feast on the holy Sunday at dawn, the 21st of the same Egyptian month of Pharmouthi, according to the Romans sixteen days before the Kalends of May, which is April… Read More→

P.Eleph. 1 (P. 13500) This papyrus belongs to one of the most significant findings in the history of papyrology. It came to light during the excavations of Otto Rubensohn on the Nilotic island Elephantine. On February 12, 1906 the archaeologists… Read More→

PGM XIX a (P. 9909) Amulet with erotic charm from Hermupolis, dated to the 3rd or 4th century CE. The papyrus sheet has been folded several times and contained a brownish-red hair lock. The spell is introduced by a 13-lines… Read More→

BGU I 28 (P. 6932) In this text Pakysis, priest of the god Soknopaios in the village Soknopaiu Nesos in Arsinoites, and his wife Tabus declare their seven-years-old daugther to the authorities. The document is dated on the 11th October… Read More→

BKT VI 6.2 (P. 13269 R) „In Bethlehem (there were) shepherds out on the fields, an angel of God announced to them the birth of Emmanuel. And the glory of God shone around them and (the angel) said: Don’t be… Read More→