Object of the Month

Here, another special text from the collection will be introduced every month.

Paschal letter

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

Marriage contract

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

Amulet with erotic charm

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

Notification of birth

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

Hymn from the Christmas liturgy

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