Greek Papyrology, with special reference to literary papyri

You will be required to

(i) Submit 2 essays and

(ii) undertake a practical test, in your own time, in deciphering and commenting on original papyri. For this you will be assigned a papyrus or small group of papyri in the Hilary Term preceding the examination. You must prepare an edition of it in proper scholarly form by the third week of the final term.

Teaching is provided in university lectures primarily by Dr Dirk Obbink. An introductory series in each term offers hands-on experience in transcription and identification of texts. An optional advanced version in the second term offers the chance to edit an unpublished Greek papyrus from the Oxyrhynchus collection.