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The Papyrus Collection
- the oldest documents in the library
The most extensive collection of papyri in Sweden belongs to Lund University Library. This collection consists of 800 papyri of varying content from Egypt, written in Greek during the first centuries B.C. and A.D. Among the fifty edited papyri we find a copy of a text from the Iliad, private letters, an astronomical calendar, receipts, leases etc.
The collection is available in digital form on the net through APIS, an international organisation for making papyri and ostraca accessible.
All the papyri are presented and shown in the portal Papyri.info.
The University Library's papyri in Papyri.info (New window)
Read more about APIS (New window)
Literature about the Papyrus Collection (PDF 28 KB - New window, in Swedish)
"I have been promoted." A private letter from the 2nd century AD.
Cooperative partner:
APIS: Advanced Papyrological Information System (New window)
Project funders:
Pilkington Floatglas (New window)
Riksbankens jubileumsfond (New window)