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Title: The Oxyrhynchus Distributions in America
Subtitle: Papyri and Ethics
Author(s): JOHNSON, William A.
Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists
Volume: 49    Date: 2012   
Pages: 209-222
DOI: 10.2143/BASP.49.0.3206610

Abstract :
This essay explores logistical and ethical ramifications of the distribution to institutions in the United States of Oxyrhynchus and other Egypt Exploration Fund papyri during the period 1900 to 1922, with a focus on the early years under the management of the colorful vice president of the EEF American Branch, William Copley Winslow.

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