Perhaps of interest, the fragment has failed to sell: http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE4AR4KP20081203
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Enrico Prodi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P.Oxy. 1780 > http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159503126 > > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "The papyrological > bulletin '[email protected]'" <[email protected]> writes: >> Today's Guardian has a report that Sotheby's (London) are about to auction a > fragment of the Gospel of St John from Oxyrhynchus, now re-dated to c. AD 200 > and expected to fetch around £300k. >> I suppose this is a published text that was part of the original EES > distribution - anyone know anything about it or think we should do anything? >> >> Professor Alan Bowman >> Camden Professor of Ancient History >> Brasenose College, >> Oxford OX1 4AJ >> +44 (0)1865 277874 >> >> Director, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents >> The Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies >> 66 St Giles' >> Oxford OX1 3LU >> +44 (0)1865 610227 > -- > Enrico Emanuele Prodi > > Merton College, Merton Street - Oxford OX1 4JD > +44 (0)7975 663726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
