Unending Variety

Andrew J. Connor, Ph.D. (2015), University of Cincinnati, is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History in the Centre for Ancient Cultures at Monash University. He has published historical and papyrological studies of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, and is the author of Confiscation or Coexistence: Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus (2022). Jitse H.F. Dijkstra, Ph.D. (2005), University of Groningen, is Professor of Classics at the University of Ottawa. Trained as a papyrologist but multidisciplinary in research, he is the author of numerous studies on Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt, including Philae and the End of Ancient Egyptian Religion. A Regional Study of Religious Transformation (298–642 CE) (2008) and The Coptic Life of Aaron: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary (2020, with J. van der Vliet). Francisca A.J. Hoogendijk, MA (1980) and PhD (2008), both Leiden University, was Lecturer in Papyrology at the Leiden Papyrological Institute between 1980 and 2022. She has published Greek papyri from various collections, including Greek, Demotic and Coptic Papyri and Ostraca in the Leiden Papyrological Institute (2023, with J.V. Stolk) and has been co-editor of the Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten. Since her retirement she continues her papyrological studies as a guest researcher of Leiden University. With contributions of Giuseppina Azzarello, Thomas Backhuys, Roger S. Bagnall, Amin Benaissa, Mario Capasso, Acacia Chan, Marie-Pierre Chaufray, Willy Clarysse, Andrew J. Connor, Hélène Cuvigny, Alain Delattre, Tomasz Derda, Jitse H.F. Dijkstra, Jean-Luc Fournet, †Traianos Gagos, Jean Gascou, Nikolaos Gonis, Ann Ellis Hanson, Todd M. Hickey, Francisca A.J. Hoogendijk, James G. Keenan, Thomas Kruse, Csaba A. La’da, Adam Łajtar, Nikos Litinas, Fritz Mitthof, Federico Morelli, Amphilochios Papathomas, Natascia Pellé, Tomasz Płóciennik, Fabian Reiter, Sofie Remijsen, Timothy Renner, Corinna Rossi, C. Michael Sampson, John Tait, Athanassios Vergados, Arthur Verhoogt, Ewa Wipszycka and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer.

Table of Texts


Tabula gratulatoria


Preface


Bibliography of Peter van Minnen (up to 2022)


Abbreviated Literature


Editorial Notation








Text Editions





1–8 Ptolemaic Surety Documents in the Ashmolean Museum


 Marie-Pierre Chaufray and Willy Clarysse





9 Fragment of a Medical Treatise with Discussion of Eye Disorders


 Timothy Renner





10–11 Two Documents Concerning Grain Deliveries from Qasr Ibrim


 Tomasz Derda, Adam Łajtar and Tomasz Płóciennik





12–18 Seven Greek Ostraca from Soknopaiou Nesos


 Natascia Pellé





19 List of Individuals with Scar Descriptions


 Andrew J. Connor





20 Lettre d’un chasseur trouvée à Berkou (désert Oriental)


 Hélène Cuvigny





21 Conclusion of a Letter


 Arthur Verhoogt





22 The Return of the Boukoloi


 †Traianos Gagos and Nikos Litinas





23 A Private Letter from the Beinecke Library


 Acacia Chan and Ann Ellis Hanson





24 A Philosophical Papyrus from Soknopaiou Nesos


 Mario Capasso





25 Aufstellung von Zahlungen in Gerste für Löhne und Mieten auf einem Weingut


 Fabian Reiter





26–28 Three Official Documents in a Tomos Synkollesimos


 Francisca A.J. Hoogendijk





29 Lieferungskauf von Weinamphoren aus einer Töpferei


 Thomas Kruse





30 An ‘Asiatic’ Slave Sold in Hermopolis


 Amin Benaissa





31 A Register of Land with Numbered Koitai from Hermopolis


 Athanassios Vergados





32–35 Papyri from Umm el-Dabadib (Kharga Oasis)


 Corinna Rossi, Alain Delattre and Roger S. Bagnall





36–38 Three Literary Papyri from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Expedition to the Kharga Oasis


 C. Michael Sampson





39–41 Three Late Antique Documents


 Todd M. Hickey, James G. Keenan and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer





42 List of Geographical Names from the Late Antique Herakleopolite Nome


 Csaba A. La’da and Amphilochios Papathomas





43-44 Deux documents de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres


 Jean Gascou





45-46 Une nouvelle paire de brouillons d’un rescrit impérial


 Jean-Luc Fournet





47–48 Die Brüder Iosephis und Soïs: Neue Texte aus dem Dossier zweier Landwirte aus dem spätantiken Hermupolis


 Fritz Mitthof





49 Sale of Part of a House


 Nikolaos Gonis





50 Atias ritrovato, Atias perduto: un conto del periodo arabo senza ‘Aṭiyya ibn Ğu‘aid (CPR VIII 72)


 Federico Morelli





51–52 Two Coptic Orders for Delivery


 Jitse H.F. Dijkstra






Studies





Agency, Intention and Frustration in Demotic Narrative


 John Tait





Zu einer wenig beachteten Neulesung Hans Gerstingers in der ‘Klage der Artemisia’ (P. Vindob. G 1)


 Thomas Backhuys





Dentro e dietro le righe nei papiri di Gemello


 Giuseppina Azzarello





The Archive after Dioscorus: The Dates of the Receipts in P. Cair.Masp. III 67325 and P. Flor. III 298 + P. Stras. VII 699


 Sofie Remijsen





Sainte Thècle dans la Maréotide


 Ewa Wipszycka





Index of Demotic Words



Index of Greek Words



Index of Coptic Words


Index of Sources



Index of Sources