Dear Dr Barker, Yes, we may well be interested if we could locate sufficient funds. Can you give more particulars about the collection?
As you may know, Cincinnati is home to both Peter van Minnen and myself. We hosted the Papyrological Summer Institute here in the US a couple of years ago (for which we had to borrow specimens from UMich). Our sole interest, then, is in assembling a teaching collection, which was of course the intention behind the Oxyrhynchus distribution to US institutions. Very best, -w. William A. Johnson Associate Professor & Head of Department Department of Classics University of Cincinnati ML 226 Cincinnati OH 45221-0226 Tel. 513-556-1924 Fax 556-4366 http://classics.uc.edu/johnson On Aug 19, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Don Barker wrote:
I have been asked to act as a go between for a US institution that is wanting to sell 8 Oxyrhynchus papyri and one early first century AD unedited ms from Tebtunis. The institution wishes at this stage to remain anonymous and is wanting another institution/s to purchase them rather than a private individual. If anyone is interested could you please contact me via my personal email. Thanks, Don Dr Don Barker Dept. Ancient History Macquarie University Sydney 2109 AUSTRALIA +61 2 9850 9962
