Oxyrynchus was the Greek/Latin name for a Nile fish with a pointed nose, a kind of pike I believe. It was one of the many Egyptian animal gods (there are advantages to eating a god's penis), and its main temple was in the town of Oxyrynchus (a loan translation from the Egyptian perhaps). It would seem the papyri found there were much more than just a collection of gnostic texts. Apparently BBC Radio did a series of programmes on the city and the archaeological discoveries there: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/oxyrhynchos.shtml

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