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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: oxyrhynchus #96184 02/19/03 05:05 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Oxyrhynchus was the name of a place in Egypt where a collection of papyrus gnostic texts was found towards the end of the 19th century. It was also the name of the fish that ate the God Osiris's penis after Osiris's body was dismembered and thrown into the Nile by his brother Set. When Isis collected the pieces and resurrected Osiris, this part was missing. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted oxyrhynchus wwh 02/18/03 06:45 PM Re: palaka wwh 02/18/03 06:51 PM Re:paletot wwh 02/18/03 06:55 PM Re: palfrey wwh 02/18/03 06:58 PM Re: palouser wwh 02/18/03 07:01 PM Re: paloverde wwh 02/18/03 07:03 PM Re: paloverde wwh 02/18/03 07:06 PM Re: palpus wwh 02/18/03 07:08 PM Re: paludicolous wwh 02/18/03 07:10 PM Re: paludicolous Wordwind 02/19/03 10:22 AM Re:panache wwh 02/18/03 07:14 PM Re: panchax wwh 02/18/03 07:18 PM Re: pandect wwh 02/18/03 07:20 PM Re: paneity wwh 02/18/03 07:28 PM Re: oxyrhynchus Bingley 02/19/03 05:05 AM Re: oxyrhynchus Wordwind 02/19/03 10:25 AM Re: oxyrhynchus Bingley 02/20/03 01:48 AM Re: oxyrhynchus wwh 02/20/03 01:58 AM Re: oxyrhynchus Bingley 02/20/03 02:14 AM Re: oxyrhynchus Bingley 02/20/03 02:17 AM Re: oxyrhynchus Wordwind 02/20/03 09:09 AM Re: oxyrhynchus sjm 02/20/03 06:24 PM Re: oxyrhynchus Bingley 02/21/03 03:54 AM Re: oxyrhynchus Wordwind 02/21/03 04:35 AM Re: oxyrhynchus sjm 02/21/03 04:45 AM Re: oxyrhynchus wwh 02/19/03 02:13 PM Re: oxyrhynchus Wordwind 02/19/03 10:19 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 373 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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