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This paper presents editions of two small fragments of Christian papyri from the collection of the Bodleian Library, Oxford: Bodl. MS. Gr. th. g. 5 (P) and Bodl. MS. Gr. th. f. 16 (P). The first fragment deals with the two gates of heaven, the second with the subject of death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Robinson Papyri and the Mississippi Papyri were first introduced by William H. Willis at the ninth International Congress of Papyrology. This article deconstructs Willis's paper and, using archival evidence, reconstructs the provenance and makeup of these two distinct collections, moving past Willis's presentation to provide the history of both collections since 1958. The author brings to light the cross contamination and mislabeling between the Robinson and Mississippi Papyri collections caused by Willis and argues that some pieces published as "Robinson Papyri" are parts of other collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I try to demonstrate that Callimachusʼ commemorative poem in honour of the deceased queen Arsinoe II capitalizes heavily on the notorious Hellenistic penchant for verbal puns. In addition, it will be argued that etymologic and anagrammatic devices are not only contrived for their own sake, but are part and parcel of the poemʼs meaning contributing to its poetic and ideological agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BnF Copte 129 (20) fol. 178 is a codex sheet containing several healing prescriptions. The first text is a fumigation recipe for a gynaecological issue including a prayer to be spoken during this procedure, the second is a prayer for healing deafness referring to Malchus, and the third is an unknown prescription. Editions of these texts are produced and contextualized in this paper, with some older Egyptian, Greek, and later Arabic healing texts taken into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Re-interpretation of a Coptic magical text on paper from Saqqara in light of parallels from earlier Egyptian as well as medieval Greek, Latin, and Syriac ritual texts: the central motif, which refers to wind, wave, and snakes, is applied to the cure of impotence, conceived as the releasing of ritual binding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes a re-edition of P.Oxy. XII 1466. Whereas previous editors recognised remains of another document on the verso, the whole piece appears to be a copy of a petition for a tutor mulieris addressed to the prefect of Egypt. It is drawn up in the form of a diploma, written transversa charta, with remains of three witnesses' signatures on the verso at 90° to the text of the recto. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]