The demons of the air and the water of the Nile: Saint Anthony the Great on the reason of the inundation by Tóth, P

“…Henceforward the religious worship of the river and its water was so closely connected with the inundation that in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt the cult of the Nile with its ceremonies and rites has remained more or less the same as it was in the age of the Pharaohs.…”

A Syriac-Arabic dream-request and its Jewish tradition by Zellmann-Rohrer, M

“…As the rest of this introduction will be concerned to show, its makeup is yet more complex, as it participates in a tradition of such recipes for compelling a significant dream attested from the late ancient ritual papyri of Roman Egypt, and well-represented in late ancient and medieval Jewish magical treatises and handbooks.…”

Notes égyptiennes by Bernard Boyaval

“…Mourir le jour de son mariage : note sur une épitaphe de Tell El-YahoudijehA note on a Jewish epitaph from Tell el-Yahoudieh (Horbury-Noy, Jewish Inscriptions no 31).Philadelphos en milieu juifA note about the meaning of the word philadelphos on a metrical epitaph from Egypt.Les campagnes militaires de DiazelmisDiazelmis’s years of active service in Asia.Les âges de la vie sur les épitaphes métriquesA note about the ages at death on the metrical epitaphs from Graeco-Roman Egypt.L’épitaphe du prêtre Dioscore, l’énigme de son planSome remarks on Dioskoros’s metrical epitaph.La stèle de Casios (Saqqarah)A note on Casios’s metrical epitaph (from Sakkarah).Le jardin d’AgriosA note on the so-called garden of Agrios.Les épitaphes métriques des militaires lagidesA note on the metrical epitaphs of soldiers (Ptolemaic period).L’accouchement et la mortSome remarks on death in childbirth.L’éloge des femmes dans les épigrammes funérairesThe laudatio funebris of dead wives on metrical epitaphs.…”
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Dwellers of the Sky: Serpent in the Greco-Roman Zodiac by dr.Wael Sayed Soliman

“…The details of the serpent picture have sketched and valid for the Greco-Roman Egypt, starting from the Third Century B.C.…”
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Avtentičnost in jezikovni stik na zapisih iz Vzhodne puščave (O. Claud. 1.141 in 142) by Jerneja Kavčič

“…Čeprav se zdi, da odlomka kažeta, kako so govorci grščine v prvih stoletjih po Kr. razumeli razmerje med nedoločniškimi polstavki in stavki z osebnimi glagolskimi oblikami, se njuna interpretacija izkaže za posebej zahtevno v luči domneve, da je večina avtorjev besedil iz Vzhodne puščave grščino govorila kot tuj jezik (Leiwo, »L2 Greek in Roman Egypt«). Na podlagi koncepta avtentičnosti (Joseph, »Textual Authenticity: Evidence from Medieval Greek«) zavzamem stališče, da odlomka odražata širše procese v kojne, zaradi katerih je infinitiv perfekta v nedoločniških polstavkih, odvisnih od glagolov govorjenja in mišljenja, prevzel vlogo izražanja preddobnosti. …”
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The Wages of Effeminacy?: Kinaidoi in Greek Documents from Egypt by Tom Sapsford

“…A comparison is also made with documentary sources from within Hellenistic and Roman Egypt which mention effeminacy, homoerotic activity, and anal penetration. …”
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Note on the pottery finds from the Nabataean harbour of al-Qusayr (al-Wajh, Saudi Arabia) on the Red Sea by Caroline Durand

“…Attesting contacts between Mediterranean merchants, Roman Egypt and the Nabataean kingdom, these new data allow a complete reassessment of the importance of this locality in the Red Sea trade routes during antiquity.…”
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La prima serie dei prefetti d’Egitto: documenti inediti sul contributo di Bartolomeo Borghesi alla raccolta di Giovanni Labus by Alfredo Sansone

“…This paper presents the first edition of the draft of a letter from Bartolomeo Borghesi (1781–1860) to Giovanni Labus (1775–1853) concerning the study of 25 prefects of Roman Egypt. By analysing this document, it is possible to appreciate the important contribution provided by Borghesi to this research field, as well as Labus’ methodological debt towards the prosopographical investigations carried out by Borghesi. …”
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Antique coins found near of the Poshtove village (Crimea) as a historical source by Andriyevskiy, D.V., Choref, M.M.

“…Moreover, their inhabitants did not use money minted in Roman Egypt. Consequently, the studied artifacts came to the late Scythians not from Chersonesites and Bosporans or foreign merchants who traded in Taurica, but from Roman legionnaires transferred to the peninsula and apparently located in Alma-Kermen. …”
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Precedent in Roman law: Basic terms and their semantic content by Tatarnikov, Dmitriy G.

“…However, a number of sources, in particular the papyrus entries of judgement which record the provincial legal practice in Roman Egypt in the period from the 1st to the 3rd centuries, say otherwise. …”
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Preliminary findings on the paleomicrobiological study of 400 naturally mummified human remains from Upper Nubia by Mark Spigelman, Charles Greenblatt, Kim Vernon, MI Zilber, Susan Sheridan, Dick Van Gerven, Zareena Shahem, F Hansraj, Helen Donoghue

“…Tuberculosis was widespread in ancient and Roman Egypt, and there was historical contact with Upper Nubia via the Nile. …”
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Latin loanwords in Greek documentary papyri (c. 30 BCE to c. 200 CE) by Sidro, G

“…It uses a large corpus of Greek texts, the papyri of early Roman Egypt (c. 30 BCE to c. 200 CE), a place that did not have much prior exposure to Latin, as they are generally closer to everyday language than literature and present numerous first attestations of loans with a high density and frequency. …”

UNPUBLISHED GROUP RELIEFS [PORTRAIT STELAE AND GRAVE SCULPTURE] AT THE ASHMOUNIN STOREHOUSE IN MINYA by Safaa Samir Darwish

“…The high quality of the carving makes it evident that the statues belonged to the elite class in Roman Egypt. The iconography included in the funerary statues reflects their connection with funeral rituals, and their belief in immortality, protection, and eternal life. …”
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Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity by Franziska Grathwol, Christian Roos, Dietmar Zinner, Benjamin Hume, Stéphanie M Porcier, Didier Berthet, Jacques Cuisin, Stefan Merker, Claudio Ottoni, Wim Van Neer, Nathaniel J Dominy, Gisela H Kopp

“…Several classical geographers—Agatharchides of Cnidus, Pliny the Elder, Strabo—noted the value of Adulis to Greco-Roman Egypt, particularly as an emporium for living animals, including baboons (Papio spp.). …”
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THREE UNPUBLISHED ROMAN & BYZANTINE COINS FROM OXYRHYNCHUS by Mona Gabr Hussein

“…The bronze coinage were struck in several nomes of Roman Egypt, Alexandria, as the main metropolis had some known mints, moreover many other local mints were present nearby, such as those in Memphis , Sais , Arsenoie (mod. …”
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A COUNTER-PLEA FROM OXYRHYNCHITE NOME by Ibrahim Mohamed Mohamed Abdou

“…The inheritance system applied in Roman Egypt was complex, as there were several legal systems, and people of different ethnicity were subjected to different legislation. …”
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