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Excerpt from New Classical Fragments and Other Greek and Latin Papyri OF the 146 papyri published in this volume nos. Xv xxxvii, lvii and lxxix were acquired by Mr. D. G. Hogarth and Mr. E. R. Bevan, nos. Xli, l (k), and liii (e) and (f) by Prof. Maha'y; for permission to publish these we are much indebted to their respective owners. The rest formed part of our own collection. With one or two exceptions all the papyri published are now in public museums or libraries. These documents offer a good example of the varied character of papyri found in Egypt, both in age and contents. Besides numerous fragments of classical literature, new and old, and documents relating to the history of the Church from the fourth to the seventh century, this volume contains (for the first time) a complete series of dated official and private Greek papyri from the third century b.c. To the eighth a.d., as well as a few pieces in Latin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.