Catalogue of Greek papyri at the University Library of Lund
on the papyrus collection at Lund University Library
The most extensive collection of papyri in Sweden belongs to the University library in Lund. This collection, which is mentioned in several international lists of papyrus collections, consists of about 800 papyri from Egypt. Almost all texts are in Greek and from the centuries around the birth of Christ. Of these texts only approximately fifty have been edited, while the others are unknown and in practice inaccessible since neither a catalogue nor even an inventory has been made. Among the edited papyri are e.g. a text of Homer, private letters, a receipt for a lease, a warrant of arrest, an astronomical calendar, as well as different texts concerning administration and management. Papyrus research does not only give information about Greek language, Greek scripts and Greek literature but is equally important for research concerning history, medicine, law and social life of all possible kinds in Egypt during a long period and under different political and social circumstances. This means that it is of great interest for international research that an inventory of these papyri is made and that they are scanned, catalogued and made available on the Internet. This work will be carried out in collaboration with APIS, "Advanced Papyrological Information System", an international co-operation organization for making papyri accessible on the Internet.
The most extensive collection of papyri in Sweden belongs to the University library in Lund. This collection, which is mentioned in several international lists of papyrus collections, consists of about 800 papyri from Egypt. Almost all texts are in Greek and from the centuries around the birth of Christ. Of these texts only approximately fifty have been edited, while the others are unknown and in practice inaccessible since neither a catalogue nor even an inventory has been made. Among the edited papyri are e.g. a text of Homer, private letters, a receipt for a lease, a warrant of arrest, an astronomical calendar, as well as different texts concerning administration and management. Papyrus research does not only give information about Greek language, Greek scripts and Greek literature but is equally important for research concerning history, medicine, law and social life of all possible kinds in Egypt during a long period and under different political and social circumstances. This means that it is of great interest for international research that an inventory of these papyri is made and that they are scanned, catalogued and made available on the Internet. This work will be carried out in collaboration with APIS, "Advanced Papyrological Information System", an international co-operation organization for making papyri accessible on the Internet.