E. Yu. Chepel

Russian collections of Greek papyri and history of their publication: an overview (with the catalogue of Greek papyri held at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow)

The article provides an overview of the history of the Russian collections of Greek papyri and related academic work of G. F. Zereteli and other Russian scholars, including their efforts to publish papyri. The history of the study of Russian collections of Greek papyri during the 20th century is complemented with the information concerning the present state of the collections on which G. F. Zereteli and his colleagues worked, as well as with a catalogue of Greek papyri that are held in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, which is compiled using the open public data of the State catalogue of the museum collections of the Russian Federation.

Keywords:
papyrology, Greek papyrology, G. F. Zereteli, history of Russian papyrus collections, history of papyrology, Graeco-Roman Egypt.

Original language — English.

DOI: 10.24411/2686-9276-2018-00014

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