<p>During the visit, I was able to revise and update the data set on relevant papyri, and to examine further evidence on the circumstances of the discovery of some on them; I focused especially on items found at the beginning of the 20th century, by German, French and American expeditions, which gave interesting details on the cultural life of Hellenistic Egypt. Moreover, I had the opportunity to browse Princeton collection of papyri, where I could identify some unpublished documents and literary texts, and to make a short visit to the Center for Tebtynis Papyri in the Bancroft Library (University of California), where I shortly worked on other Hellenistic papyri.<br /><br />
The core of my work was anyway the attempt to elaborate the key historical issues which the project intends to address: the social identity of book owners and readers; the interconnections between literary culture and Greek identity in marginal areas; the impact of such aspects on the complex mechanisms of text transmission of Greek literature. The opportunity of working in an international hub as the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, inside the unique scholarly environment of Princeton University, opened new, unattended perspectives for this.</p>