The Berlin papyrus collection is home to a wealth of original Greek and Latin documents from ancient Egypt that have been preserved over the centuries on papyrus and other materials such as potsherds, parchment, wood and paper. In the series Berliner Griechische Urkunden transcriptions, translations, commentaries and illustrations make the texts, which provide many insights into the daily life and administration of the land, available to scholars. From volume 20 the editions of the Berliner Griechische Urkunden , founded in 1895, appear as an independent series from Verlag De Gruyter.