Papyri at the University of Oslo

PAPYROLOGY: In a small room in Oslo lie hundreds of pieces of 2,000-year-old papyrus. Researchers are working on publishing two new volumes from the papyrus collection in Oslo (Elise Kjørstad, Sciencenorway.no). HT Rogue Classicism.

On the fourth floor of the HumSam Library at the University of Oslo, a small room holds hundreds of ancient Egyptian texts.

These texts, written in ink some 2,000 years ago, are preserved on fragments of papyrus. The pieces are mounted behind glass, lined up neatly in display cases.

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This collection has lots of interesting fragments—many, but by no means all, already published—including of Homer, Herodotus, Plato, Daniel, Matthew, a magical papyrus, and even the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Most are in Greek, but also some are in Coptic and even Egyptian hieratic and hierogyphics. Naturally most are documentary texts such as sales documents and personal letters.

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