Roberta Mazza

Roberta Mazza is a Papyrologist and Associate Professor at the Department of Cultural Heritage at the University of Bologna.

[2] Her most recent book, Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts, was published in 2024 by Redwood Press and Stanford University Press.

The book examines the purchase of a fragment of papyrus dating to the second century CE containing lines from Paul's Letter to the Galatians by Steve Green, the billionaire owner of the craft chain Hobby Lobby.

The fragment derived from the holdings of Oxford University and had been sold without the consent of the owners.

Mazza has written for Hyperallergic and Eidolon, and her work has been covered by The Guardian.