At the Creation: Seven Letters from Grenfell, 1897

James G Keenan

At the Creation: Seven Letters from Grenfell, 1897

Department of Classical Studies

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<p> Probably the most famous single season for the excavation of papyri in Egypt was the one that took place in the winter of 1896-1897, under the direction of Bernard P. Grenfell (1869-1926) with the assistance of Arthur S. Hunt (1871-1934) at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus, present-day al-Bahnasa&uogon;. The site fell within the geographical limits of the permit granted by the Antiquities Service to W.M.F. (Flinders) Petrie, but when it proved disappointing in its prehistoric and pharaonic remains, Petrie left it to Grenfell, who was there with Hunt in search of papyri, especially Christian and literary papyri in Greek1 . In this, as is well known, their hopes were spectacularly fulfilled.</p>

Original language	American English
Journal	Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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