Greek Papyri in the British Library
A conference in memory of Federica Micucci
Monday, 25 September 2023; Knowledge Centre, The British Library, London NW1 2DB
Attendance is free (in-person only). Registration is via this link.
Programme:
9:30 – 9:50 Introduction (various speakers)
9:50 – 10:20 Susan Fogarty (University College London)
Orphan girls and the sale of their father’s estate: red ink in Soknopaiou Nesos
10:20 – 10:40 Todd Hickey (University of California, Berkeley)
The priests of the temple of Soknopaios, AD 140/141
Discussion, followed by coffee break
11:30 – 11:50 Anna Szajbély (University College London)
Two tax rolls from Theadelphia, and stories of acquisition
11:50 – 12:10 Nikolaos Gonis (University College London)
Crown-Tax at Theadelphia, and stories of publication
12:10 – 12:30 Bianca Borrelli (University of Florence)
New evidence on Egyptian marriage practice and a family dossier from early Roman Tebtunis
Discussion, followed by break
14:30 – 14:50 Michael Zellmann-Rohrer (Freie Universität Berlin)
‘He is going to be put in charge of the city’: A private letter from Byzantine Egypt
14:50 – 15:10 Sophie Kovarik (University of Vienna)
‘For this present logos protects you’: A unique safe-conduct from Apollonopolis
15:10 – 15:30 Élodie Mazy (University College London)
Land, wealth and taxes in Early Islamic Egypt
Discussion, followed by coffee break
16:20 – 16:40 Anna Monte (University of Udine)
Writing medical recipes on the back of papyrus documents: the receptarium of P.Egerton 13 verso
16:40 – 17:00 Riccardo Vecchiato (University of Cologne)
A robbed brewer and a worried farmer in Ptolemaic Euhemeria
17:00 – 17:20 Flavio Santini (University of California, Berkeley)
Sitologoi at work in Tebtunis, ca. 165–178 CE: Preliminary observations on BL papyri 1571, 1581v, and 1596v