This page offers a very brief overview of the number of words, sorted by century, of the documentary papyri collected by the partners of the PAPYRI.INFO project.
The purpose of this page is to allow users to ponderate the results on this and similar documentary papyri databases. Soon it will include literary papyri as well.
The purpose of this page is to allow users to ponderate the results on this and similar documentary papyri databases. Soon it will include literary papyri as well.
Data for all the documentary papyri (Greek, Latin, Coptic) in papyri.info
…and so in Callimachus.
Dated vs. undated papyri
Dated papyri | 55,598 | 97.46% |
Undated papyri | 1,451 | 2.54% |
All papyri | 57,049 | 100% |
Number of words in dated & undated papyri
Words in dated papyri | 4,317,302 | 98.45% |
Words in undated papyri | 67,983 | 1.55% |
Words in all papyri | 4,385,285 | 100% |
Numerals
Numerals in dated papyri | 517,495 | 99.21% |
Numerals in undated papyri | 4,114 | 0.79% |
Numerals in all papyri | 521,609 | 100% |
Number of words, after excluding numerals
Words (w/o numerals) in dated papyri | 3,799,807 | 98.35% |
Words (w/o numerals) in undated papyri | 63,869 | 1.65% |
Words (w/o numerals) in all papyri | 3,863,676 | 100% |
Distribution of words according to the estimated datation of each papyrus (1/2)
Undated papyri
CENTURY | # Papyri | PCENT | WORDS | PCENT | Numerals | PCENT | WORDS (w/o numerals) | PCENT |
NO DATA | 882 | 60.79% | 62,854 | 92.46% | 3,621 | 88.02% | 59,233 | 92.74% |
Some error happened… | 16 | 1.1% | 1,590 | 2.34% | 175 | 4.25% | 1,415 | 2.22% |
NO CENTURY | 553 | 38.11% | 3,539 | 5.21% | 318 | 7.73% | 3,221 | 5.04% |
Dated papyri
CENTURY | # Papyri | PCENT | WORDS | PCENT | Numerals | PCENT | WORDS (w/o numerals) | PCENT |
5 BC/ AD 5 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
5 BC/ 4 BC | 1 | 0% | 83 | 0% | 46 | 0.01% | 37 | 0% |
5 BC/ AD 8 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
5 BC/ 1 BC | 94 | 0.17% | 1,645 | 0.04% | 327 | 0.06% | 1,318 | 0.03% |
5 BC/ AD 2 | 2 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
4 BC | 3 | 0.01% | 259 | 0.01% | 5 | 0% | 254 | 0.01% |
4 BC/ 2 BC | 63 | 0.11% | 1,607 | 0.04% | 157 | 0.03% | 1,450 | 0.04% |
4 BC/ AD 9 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
4 BC/ 3 BC | 297 | 0.53% | 20,254 | 0.47% | 4,051 | 0.78% | 16,203 | 0.43% |
4 BC/ AD 5 | 2 | 0% | 20 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 19 | 0% |
4 BC/ AD 2 | 1 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
4 BC/ 1 BC | 23 | 0.04% | 370 | 0.01% | 33 | 0.01% | 337 | 0.01% |
3 BC/ 1 BC | 145 | 0.26% | 13,059 | 0.3% | 3,099 | 0.6% | 9,960 | 0.26% |
3 BC/ AD 2 | 3 | 0.01% | 25 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 24 | 0% |
3 BC | 3,658 | 6.58% | 311,163 | 7.21% | 40,842 | 7.89% | 270,321 | 7.11% |
3 BC/ 2 BC | 509 | 0.92% | 30,985 | 0.72% | 5,772 | 1.12% | 25,213 | 0.66% |
2 BC/ AD 1 | 8 | 0.01% | 69 | 0% | 27 | 0.01% | 42 | 0% |
2 BC/ 1 BC | 214 | 0.38% | 8,516 | 0.2% | 1,584 | 0.31% | 6,932 | 0.18% |
2 BC/ AD 2 | 79 | 0.14% | 1,419 | 0.03% | 338 | 0.07% | 1,081 | 0.03% |
2 BC | 2,554 | 4.59% | 291,973 | 6.76% | 51,374 | 9.93% | 240,599 | 6.33% |
1 BC/ AD 1 | 97 | 0.17% | 6,398 | 0.15% | 806 | 0.16% | 5,592 | 0.15% |
1 BC | 1,156 | 2.08% | 99,541 | 2.31% | 7,352 | 1.42% | 92,189 | 2.43% |
1 BC/ AD 2 | 16 | 0.03% | 338 | 0.01% | 11 | 0% | 327 | 0.01% |
1 BC/ AD 3 | 2 | 0% | 21 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 0% |
AD 1/ AD 7 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
AD 1 | 3,682 | 6.62% | 319,775 | 7.41% | 36,424 | 7.04% | 283,351 | 7.46% |
AD 1/ AD 3 | 485 | 0.87% | 24,136 | 0.56% | 3,752 | 0.73% | 20,384 | 0.54% |
AD 1/ AD 8 | 7 | 0.01% | 111 | 0% | 22 | 0% | 89 | 0% |
AD 1/ AD 5 | 576 | 1.04% | 7,405 | 0.17% | 1,032 | 0.2% | 6,373 | 0.17% |
AD 1/ AD 2 | 1,490 | 2.68% | 58,049 | 1.34% | 5,788 | 1.12% | 52,261 | 1.38% |
AD 1/ AD 4 | 58 | 0.1% | 563 | 0.01% | 60 | 0.01% | 503 | 0.01% |
AD 2 | 10,141 | 18.24% | 979,030 | 22.68% | 132,557 | 25.62% | 846,473 | 22.28% |
AD 2/ AD 3 | 3,273 | 5.89% | 177,950 | 4.12% | 28,621 | 5.53% | 149,329 | 3.93% |
AD 2/ AD 4 | 2,225 | 4% | 56,355 | 1.31% | 7,434 | 1.44% | 48,921 | 1.29% |
AD 2/ AD 5 | 42 | 0.08% | 237 | 0.01% | 21 | 0% | 216 | 0.01% |
AD 3/ AD 6 | 2 | 0% | 73 | 0% | 46 | 0.01% | 27 | 0% |
AD 3/ AD 9 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
AD 3/ AD 5 | 727 | 1.31% | 18,780 | 0.43% | 1,242 | 0.24% | 17,538 | 0.46% |
AD 3/ AD 8 | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% |
AD 3/ AD 4 | 2,570 | 4.62% | 101,024 | 2.34% | 9,274 | 1.79% | 91,750 | 2.41% |
AD 3 | 4,879 | 8.78% | 453,760 | 10.51% | 37,888 | 7.32% | 415,872 | 10.94% |
AD 4 | 2,894 | 5.21% | 317,304 | 7.35% | 31,063 | 6% | 286,241 | 7.53% |
AD 4/ AD 6 | 295 | 0.53% | 14,207 | 0.33% | 1,464 | 0.28% | 12,743 | 0.34% |
AD 4/ AD 7 | 13 | 0.02% | 436 | 0.01% | 27 | 0.01% | 409 | 0.01% |
AD 4/ AD 5 | 2,008 | 3.61% | 73,457 | 1.7% | 7,431 | 1.44% | 66,026 | 1.74% |
AD 4/ AD 8 | 363 | 0.65% | 8,346 | 0.19% | 629 | 0.12% | 7,717 | 0.2% |
AD 4/ AD 9 | 18 | 0.03% | 579 | 0.01% | 104 | 0.02% | 475 | 0.01% |
AD 5/ AD 7 | 513 | 0.92% | 25,657 | 0.59% | 2,872 | 0.55% | 22,785 | 0.6% |
AD 5/ AD 6 | 582 | 1.05% | 36,859 | 0.85% | 4,266 | 0.82% | 32,593 | 0.86% |
AD 5/ AD 9 | 3 | 0.01% | 11 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 11 | 0% |
AD 5 | 611 | 1.1% | 57,662 | 1.34% | 3,243 | 0.63% | 54,419 | 1.43% |
AD 5/ AD 8 | 17 | 0.03% | 483 | 0.01% | 120 | 0.02% | 363 | 0.01% |
AD 6/ AD 8 | 858 | 1.54% | 46,362 | 1.07% | 4,244 | 0.82% | 42,118 | 1.11% |
AD 6 | 1,250 | 2.25% | 267,058 | 6.19% | 20,959 | 4.05% | 246,099 | 6.48% |
AD 6/ AD 9 | 232 | 0.42% | 5,596 | 0.13% | 747 | 0.14% | 4,849 | 0.13% |
AD 6/ AD 7 | 1,610 | 2.9% | 104,399 | 2.42% | 9,521 | 1.84% | 94,878 | 2.5% |
AD 7/ AD 8 | 1,130 | 2.03% | 57,657 | 1.34% | 6,721 | 1.3% | 50,936 | 1.34% |
AD 7 | 1,884 | 3.39% | 107,114 | 2.48% | 10,830 | 2.09% | 96,284 | 2.53% |
AD 7/ AD 9 | 742 | 1.33% | 28,731 | 0.67% | 4,250 | 0.82% | 24,481 | 0.64% |
AD 8 | 864 | 1.55% | 136,326 | 3.16% | 20,504 | 3.96% | 115,822 | 3.05% |
AD 8/ AD 9 | 594 | 1.07% | 42,654 | 0.99% | 8,385 | 1.62% | 34,269 | 0.9% |
AD 8/ AD 10 | 5 | 0.01% | 207 | 0% | 31 | 0.01% | 176 | 0% |
AD 9/ AD 12 | 1 | 0% | 34 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 34 | 0% |
AD 9 | 3 | 0.01% | 171 | 0% | 27 | 0.01% | 144 | 0% |
AD 9/ AD 10 | 10 | 0.02% | 687 | 0.02% | 62 | 0.01% | 625 | 0.02% |
AD 9/ AD 11 | 1 | 0% | 7 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0% |
AD 10/ AD 12 | 1 | 0% | 57 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 56 | 0% |
AD 10 | 2 | 0% | 68 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 64 | 0% |
AD 10/ AD 11 | 2 | 0% | 20 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 0% |
AD 11 | 1 | 0% | 146 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 146 | 0% |
Distribution of words according to the estimated datation of each papyrus (2/2)
Distribution of papyry of unclear dating
This table is the result of distributing the number of words of no clear century datation along the possible dates (i.e. if 30 words belong to papyri dated between the first and the third century, 10 words have been Solomonic assigned to each of the three centuries).
Undated papyri
CENTURY | # Papyri | PCENT | WORDS | PCENT | Numerals | PCENT | WORDS (w/o numerals) | PCENT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO DATA | 882 | 60.79% | 62,854 | 92.46% | 3,621 | 88.02% | 59,233 | 92.74% |
Some error happened… | 16 | 1.1% | 1,590 | 2.34% | 175 | 4.25% | 1,415 | 2.22% |
NO CENTURY | 553 | 38.11% | 3,539 | 5.21% | 318 | 7.73% | 3,221 | 5.04% |
Dated papyri
CENTURY | # Papyri | PCENT | WORDS | PCENT | Numerals | PCENT | WORDS (w/o numerals) | PCENT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 BC | 19.76 | 0.04% | 370.93 | 0.01% | 88.4 | 0.02% | 282.53 | 0.01% |
4 BC | 198.56 | 0.36% | 11,388.32 | 0.26% | 2,180.09 | 0.42% | 9,208.22 | 0.24% |
3 BC | 4,156.49 | 7.48% | 342,101.32 | 7.92% | 46,913.29 | 9.07% | 295,188.02 | 7.77% |
2 BC | 3,033.41 | 5.46% | 317,420.07 | 7.35% | 56,305.29 | 10.88% | 261,114.77 | 6.87% |
1 BC | 1,414.24 | 2.54% | 112,276.82 | 2.6% | 9,751.63 | 1.88% | 102,525.19 | 2.7% |
AD 1 | 4,746.57 | 8.54% | 358,961.92 | 8.31% | 40,881.79 | 7.9% | 318,080.12 | 8.37% |
AD 2 | 13,568.1 | 24.4% | 1,125,562.32 | 26.07% | 153,719.68 | 29.7% | 971,842.65 | 25.58% |
AD 3 | 9,088.75 | 16.35% | 628,053.47 | 14.55% | 61,219.18 | 11.83% | 566,834.29 | 14.92% |
AD 4 | 6,486.76 | 11.67% | 437,916 | 10.14% | 43,186.39 | 8.35% | 394,729.61 | 10.39% |
AD 5 | 2,629.12 | 4.73% | 135,938.81 | 3.15% | 11,356.62 | 2.19% | 124,582.19 | 3.28% |
AD 6 | 3,045.09 | 5.48% | 369,858.56 | 8.57% | 31,093.38 | 6.01% | 338,765.18 | 8.92% |
AD 7 | 4,101.59 | 7.38% | 225,136.64 | 5.21% | 23,109.05 | 4.47% | 202,027.59 | 5.32% |
AD 8 | 2,400.79 | 4.32% | 214,883.67 | 4.98% | 31,261.3 | 6.04% | 183,622.37 | 4.83% |
AD 9 | 616.33 | 1.11% | 32,996.18 | 0.76% | 5,881.58 | 1.14% | 27,114.59 | 0.71% |
AD 10 | 10.58 | 0.02% | 520.33 | 0.01% | 45.67 | 0.01% | 474.67 | 0.01% |
AD 11 | 2.92 | 0.01% | 185.83 | 0% | 0.33 | 0% | 185.5 | 0% |
AD 12 | 0.58 | 0% | 27.5 | 0% | 0.33 | 0% | 27.17 | 0% |
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