Papyri and Related Materials at the University of Pennsylvania

General Introduction

by Robert A. Kraft, Berg Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus
Penn is a Partner in the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS) project;
see also the ABZU index, Other Papyrological Resources (John D. Muccigrosso), and

the online Harvard collection.

The University Museum Collections

• Introduction to the Museum Papyri Collections (John R. Abercrombie)
• History of the Museum Papyri Collections (John R. Abercrombie)
• Inventory List (provisional; also listed by language and type)
• Scanned Images (in process) and Descriptions on "Oracle" (limited access  for now)
• [[Old Descriptions on the "Access" DB program (limited access via admin apis papyrus.cfm?option=list)]]
• The Cairo Genizah Materials (including Library and CAJS; see also this separate listing for Museum and Library)
• Bibliography (combined with Library/CAJS)

University Libraries Papyri Collection (formerly housed at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

• Introduction to the Penn Library Papyri Collection
• The Penn Library Papyri Collection
• Bibliography (combined with Museum)

The Cairo Geniza Collections of the University Libraries and Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

• Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI)
• The Cairo Genizah Collection (includes the Museum and CAJS material; see also this separate listing for Museum and Library)
• The Combined Cairo Genizah Collections (includes Museum and Library Genizah materials)
• Cairo Genizah Images

The eBay Image Archive and Kraft Collection [under construction]

• Introductory Essay
• Catalog and Images of Papyri being sold on eBay from B. Ferrini's Shop (from Aug 2005 through March 2008)

• Reconstructions of Dismembered Images (winged figures now fragmented and here, striped design, red-pink design, heiratic (with closeup), demotic, arabic, coptic, monastic, hebrew, faked, )
• Cartonnage Fragments and their Separation and Conservation
• The Ernest Muro collection (Fall 2008)
• Some Other Images of Special Interest Associated with Online Sales (Greek literary, Greek monastic, fake scrolls from Turkey?)

Other Papyrological Resources at the University of Pennsylvania

• Robert Kraft's Papyrology course page (fall 2006, Spring 2009)
• Index to Microfiche Collection of Editions (located in Logan Hall 2nd floor Library)
• List of Unidentified Papyri from van Haelst's 1976 Catalog (not yet completed)
• Paleographical charts from Thompson (Greek Literary, Greek Cursive, Latin Cursive)
• Abbreviations frequently found in papyri (from Thompson)
• The CCAT Gopher including Robert Kraft's gopher Papyri files (now as web files)
• List of Oxyrhynchos Papyri sold by Colgate-Rochester Divinity School (2003)

Additional Links of Particular Interest

• International Congress of Papyrology
• What's New in Papyrology, by Greg Schwendner
• Checklist of Editions of Greek, Latin, Demotic and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets, by Oates et al.
• AIP Links to papyrological resources
• Papyri On Line page
• Papyri from the Rise of Christianity in Egypt (PCE) homepage (Macquarie Univ.)
• Links to Useful WWW Sites, by Topic, by Jay C. Treat
• Home Page of Jim O'Donnell, with Resource Links
• Labyrinth: Catalog of WWW Resources from Georgetown
• Guide to Early Church Documents
• Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology Server, from the U. of Michigan.

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Update 13 January 2009 (Created: 12 August 1998)