Edgar Campbell Cowan. Zenon Papyri: Volume I

Georg Olms Verlag, 1971. — 240 p. — (Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire).The papyri associated with the name of Zenon, of which those published in
the present volume form but a small part, were found about ten years ago at
Kharabet el Gerza, the ancient Philadelphia, on the eastern edge of the Fayoum.
Little is known about the circumstances of this remarkable find. The sebakhdiggers
who divided the spoil were naturally shy of speaking about it to anyone
connected with the Antiquities Department, and I have tried in vain to
ascertain the exact spot of the discovery. A large portion was bought by the
Societi't ltaliana per la ricerca dei Papiri greci e latini, and this has been edited
in an admirable manner by G. Vitelli, with the aid of Medea Norsa and others,
in vols. IV, V, VI and VII of the Society's publications (referred to in the following
pages as P. S. I.). Other portions have gone to England and Amer~ca;
some pieces are in France and Germany; and a considerable amount is still in
private hands. Our own collection has been formed gradually; it is now larger
than any of those already mentioned; and, even as I write, one or two pieces
have come into our possession just too late to be inserted in their chronological
place among the texts here printed.