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Quoting Unpublished Documents / Abbreviations of Collections

Unpublished documents are quoted by name of collection (as given on our Collections page) plus full inventory no., e.g. "P.Vind.inv. A.P. 1054". If possible, mention place of origin and date.

Quoting Published Documents and Research

A document published in a monograph is quoted by short title of edition (as in the ISAP checklist; possibly including no. of volume; short title, in our bibliography given in square brackets; no author) plus no. of document in edition, e.g. "P.Heid.Arab. I 3" or "CPR XVI 3".

A document published in an article is quoted by "P." plus name of author plus distinctive noun(s) of title (in our bibliography given in square brackets) plus possibly no. of volume, etc. plus no. of document in edition, e.g. "P.AbbottMarriageContracts 2".

Research in monographs is referred to by name of author plus short title of edition (as in the ISAP checklist; possibly including no. of volume; short title, in our bibliography given in square brackets; no author) plus no. of page, e.g. "Becker, P.Heid.Arab. I p. 30".

Research in articles is referred to by name of author plus distinctive noun(s) of title (in our bibliography given in square brackets) plus possibly no. of volume, etc. plus no. of page, e.g. "Diem, Orthographie II p. 105".

Published documents are not quoted by inventory no. If possible, mention place of origin and date.

For all titles left unspecified, write a short message to kaplony at lmu.de.

Note: The Arabic Papyrology Bibliography includes occasionally editions of documents from the Cairene Genizah. However, for a comprehensive bibliography, have a look at: Published material from the Cambridge genizah collections: a bibliography, 1896-1980, edited by Stefan C. Reif, assisted by Paul Fenton [et al.]. (1988) and Published material from the Cambridge Genizah collections: a bibliography 1980-1997, compiled by Erica C. D. Hunter and Rebecca J. W. Jefferson, incorporating material compiled by Geoffrey Khan with the assistance of Shulamit Reif. (2004) and resort online to the Princeton Geniza Project and The Friedberg Genizah Project.

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