Abstract
The literary papyri found by Otto Rubensohn on January 25 and 27, 1905, were unearthed together with the archive of the Taurinus family (5th–6th c.) in a dump at Hermopolis. Herwig Maehler proposed that, due to the circumstances of their discovery, these books may have belonged to one of the family members. This hypothesis, if correct, is all the more interesting since it makes these papyri one of the few papyrological libraries with a precise historical context. In this paper, I attempt to make an overall assessment of this library, which has never been inventoried, and discuss its possible relationship with the documentary archive of the Taurini.
In memory of Herwig Maehler, the first ‘Taurinian’
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Articles in the same Issue
- Titelseiten
- Greek Literary Papyri in Context: Methodological Issues and Research Perspectives
- Part I Written, reused, recycled
- Reconstructing a Book Collection Through the Identification of a Copyist: Reused Rolls in Context
- Medical Opisthographs
- Recto and Verso in Bookrolls of Menander
- From Cartonnages to Cultural Contexts
- Part II Read, revised, studied
- Critical and Utilitarian Sigla in the Adespota Greek Hexameter Texts on Papyri
- An Oxyrhynchite Education: How to Become an Apionic Scribe
- ‘Problems’ at School: Mathematical Testimonies from the Fayum in the Roman Period
- Scroll for More: Papyrus Commentaries from Roman Oxyrhynchus and Context Clues
- Part III Found together
- Area G and the Digging of Kom Aushim
- The Library of the Taurinus Family (5th–6th c.): A Tentative Assessment and Interpretation
- List of contributors