Acquiring the Duke Papyri
The Duke papyri were acquired from various sources, usually from antiquities
and rare book dealers, but also from donors who are honoured
here. Here follows a chronological list of acquisitions, which also
indicates which inventory numbers were acquired together. This information
will be crucial for those who try to join fragments of papyri that have
not yet been matched. This will be especially helpful for those
papyri that were recovered from mummy cartonnage. This is recycled
papyrus glued together like papier maché and was used to cover human
mummies or stuff mummies of sacred animals.
1942
- Purchase (formerly owned by William R. Hearst): P.Duk.inv. 1 and 800
1967
- Gift from Kenneth W. Clark: P.Duk.inv. 2
1968 and later
- Gifts from William H. Willis (formerly owned by David M. Robinson): P.Duk.inv. 3, 97-99, 232, 244, 747-781 and 783-798
1969
- Gift from Orval S. Wintermute: P.Duk.inv. 14-22, 70-76, 235-237, 804, 809-836 and 841
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 4-13 and 801
1970
- Gift from Orval S. Wintermute: P.Duk.inv. 842-878
- Gift from Anton Fackelmann: P.Duk.inv. 103, 104, 106-110, 122, 127, 131-133, 135, 137-143, 150, 151, 153, 155, 161, 164, 167 and 168 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 23-69, 238-243 and 274-300 (mummy cartonnage except 42-52, 55, 57-61, 63, 67-69, 238-243, 274 275, 277-279 and 281-286)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 77, 837 and 838
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 78-96, 256-273 and 806 (mummy cartonnage except 91-96 and 256-273)
1971
- Gift from Bruce Smith: P.Duk.inv. 247-249
- Gift from William H. Willis (formerly owned by Henry A. Sanders): P.Duk.inv. 839 and 840
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 588-597 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 100-102, 105 and 113-114 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 111-112 and 115-116 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 117-119 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 120-121, 123-126, 128-130, 134, 136, 144-146 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 147-149, 152, 154, 156-160, 162, 163, 165 and 166 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 169-229 and 1278-1317 (including fragments on indefinite loan from the University of Cologne since 1986)
1972
- Gift from the Divinity School: P.Duk.inv. 250-255
- Purchase (formerly Sir Thomas Phillipps): P.Duk.inv. 739
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 301 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 302-312 (mummy cartonnage except 311)
1973
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 879-1277
1974
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 324-434 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 598-659 and 803 (mummy cartonnage except 642-652, 656 and 657)
1975
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 660-673
1976
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 230-231 and 728-729
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 730-733
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 734-738
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 1318-1371 (mummy cartonnage)
1980
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 674-677 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 678-690 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 691-697 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 698 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 699-704 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 705 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 706 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 707-710 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 711-717 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 718 and 719 (mummy cartonnage)
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 720-727 (mummy cartonnage)
1981
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 740-746
1984
- Purchase: P.Duk.inv. 313-323 (mummy cartonnage)
1988
- Gift from William H. Willis (formerly owned by Martin Bodmer): P.Duk.inv. 799
- Purchase (formerly owned by the University of Mississippi): P.Duk.inv. 435-587, 802, 807 and 808
1994
- Gift from William H. Willis (formerly owned by Jack L. Benson): P.Duk.inv. 805
1996
- Gift from William H. Willis: P.Duk.inv. 783, 1374, 1375
2001
- Gift of Cookie Kohn (a papyrus given to her grandfather Dr.Edgar F. Kiser by Professor Verne Schuman) P.Duk.inv. 1376
Unknown
- P.Duk.inv. 233, 234, 245, 246, 1372 and 1373
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Last updated by John Oates 5/30/01