SURVEY OF PAPYRI 1951-52 3 1 9 k n o w t h e p a p y r u s c o n t a i n s a c o m p l a i n t m a d e b y A u r e l i u s I s i d o r o s of K a r a n i s , a d d r e s s e d t o A u r e l i u s C h r e s t o s s t r a t e g o s of t h e Arsi-n o i t e Arsi-n o m e a g a i Arsi-n s t a c e r t a i Arsi-n A k o t a s , i Arsi-n h a b i t a Arsi-n t of a village w h o a t t e m p t e d t o e x t o r t c e r t a i n p a y m e n t s f o r f a r m l a n d s w h i c h i n t u r n t h e p e t i t i o n e r claims t o b e o w n e d a n d c u l t i v a t e d b y A k o t a s . A close e x a m i n a t i o n of t h e t e x t r e v e a l s t h a t v . 23 — as c o r r e c t l y c o n j e c t u r e d b y s e v e r a l p a p y r o l o g i s t s b e f o r e — r e f e r s t o P r e f e c t H e r a c l e s . T h i s allows t o f i x t h e d a t e of t h e p e t i t i o n f o r t h e y e a r 307.
J a c q u e l i n e L a l l e m a n d , Une petition au tachygraphe du bureau du (praeses) ďArcadie P. Lond. 2231 ( C h r o n i q u e d ' E g y p t e № 53 (1952) p . 2 0 5 — 2 0 9 ) . I n t h i s p a p y r u s f r o m t h e J u s t i n i a n e p o c h a c e r t a i n C h r i s t o d o r a a s k s t h e t a c h y g r a p h o s t o s u m m o n a n d b r i n g t h e d e f e n d a n t b e f o r e h i m t o h e a r t h e s u i t a n d p a s s j u d g e m e n t . T h e p a p y r u s is so f a r t h e o n l y d o c u m e n t w h i c h i n f o r m s us a b o u t t h e j u d i c i a l a c t i v i t y of t h i s official. C h r i s t o d o r a c o m p l a i n s t h a t she g a v e a w a y t h e d a u g h t e r in m a r r i a g e t o a c e r t a i n D o r o t h e o s (v. 4 έκδέδωκα τήν έμήν θυγατέρα Δ]ω]ρωΟέω τ ι ν ί cf. m y Law I , p. 115) a n d t h a t t h e y c o h a b i t e d . She d e c l a r e s b y t h e p r e s e n t t h a t she does n o t k n o w f o r w h a t r e a s o n s h e r son in l a w seized h e r b e l o n g i n g s a n d t u r n e d h e r o u t of his h o u s e a n d h o m e . F o r t h e d e s i g n a t i o n of t h e i r „ c o h a b i t a t i o n " t h e w r i t e r of t h e p a p y r u s uses in v . 6 t h e t e r m όμοδίαιτα w h i c h is n o t f o u n d elsewhere. T h e t e r m συνδιαιτάσθαι h o w e v e r is t o b e f o u n d i n S B 5656 (cf. m y Law I , p . 102).
C. C o u r t o i s , Ł. L e s с h i, С. Ρ e r r a t , С. S a u m a g n е Tablettes Albertini, Actes privés de Vêpoque vandale ( f i n du Ve siècle) ( G o u v e r n e m e n t . général d e l'Algérie. D i r e c t i o n de l ' i n t e r i e u r et des b e a u x a r t s . S e r v i c e des a n t i q u i t é s m i s s i o n s a r c h é -ologiques 1952).
T h e d o c u m e n t s p u b l i s h e d in t h i s v o l u m e w e r e d i s c o v e r e d in 1928 Alger. A l b e r t i n i , t h e d i r e c t o r of t h e A n t i q u i t i e s in Alger p u -b l i s h e d 1929 t w o of t h e m № I V a n d X I i n Journal des Savants p p . 2 3 — 3 0 w i t h a v e r y v a l u a b l e c o m m e n t a r y . T h e s e t w o d o c u m e n t s w e r e r e e d i t e d b y H . J . W o l f f in Revue ďhistoire du Droit 1936 p p . 3 9 8 — 4 2 0 a n d O. F i e b i g e r , in Denkschriften d. Wien. Ak. d. Wiss. phil. hist. Kl. X X X (1939) № 9 p p . 1 0 — 1 1 , № 14 b y A r a n g i o - R u i z , Fontes iuris rom. anteiust. Pars I I I № 139 p p . 143—446.
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T h e p u b l i c a t i o n c o n t a i n s 34 acts. № 1 (493 ? p. Chr.) is a tabella dotis. This t a b l e reads in v. (1) tab(ella) [rfo]fis Geminiae Ianuarillae sponsae simul cum iuliano [inf]antium sponsum procreandorum cause a n d in (v. 13) fit omnis summa [doti]s fol{les) [duo]d[ecim milia e]g\o sponsus i'u]Z[ia]n[u]s [accepi]. № 2 (394) concerns a sale of a slave. T h e sellers are D o n a t i a n u s a n d S a t u r n i n u s , w h o in se susciperunt presentibus suscribturis et secum sustulerunt nihil
quesibimus ex eodem pretio ( = nihil quaesiverunt ex codem pretio) quiquam amplius deberi responderunt a pridie quam venderent abae-runt possedeabae-runt iu]risque corum fueabae-runt et ex] hac [die in nomine] Geminius Felix]. T h e b u y e r is Felix Fortuni cibis Tuletianensis w h o emit puerum unum nomine Fortinis coloris candidum annorum circiter plus minus sex non erroneum neque malis moribus costitutum neque caducum f o r auri solidům unum et fo(les) septingentos aureos. № I I I — X X X I I (between t h e m № X I a n d I Y ) are sales t h e object of which is (p. 97) particella agrorum ex culturis Mancianis (Titii) in fundo tuletianense [qui esi] sub dominio (Sempronii) t h a t m e a n s jus mancianum distinct f r o m dominium fundi. T h e y do n o t refer t h e r e f o r e t o translatio rei b u t t o translatio juris. T h e editors supply t h e edition of these d o c u m e n t s w i t h a brilliant c o m m e n t a r y , a n a l y z i n g t h e p a r t i c u l a r t e r m s of these c o n t r a c t s as t h e „cultura Manciana"''' w i t h reference t o t h e „sermo procuratorum''' D'Aïn-el-D j e m a l a , t o t h e {cultor Mancianus) f r o m „ D'Aïn-el-D j e n e n - E z - Z i t o u m (p. 113), t h e С J X I , 63 (62), 1 a n d t h e rule f r o m H e n c h i r - M e t t i c h (p. 116), f u r t h e r t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r clauses r e l a t i n g t o t h e g a r a n t i e s of t h e v e n d o r (p. 143) as habere licere (p. 169), auctoritas, poena duplae (p. 170) etc. As these d o c u m e n t s derive f r o m t h e later epoch a n d f r o m a province s u b j e c t t o the V a n d a l s , their l a n g u a g e is f a r f r o m good L a t i n , t h e clauses however are, as t h e c o m m e n t a r y shows, nevertheless a d a p t e d t o the f o r m s of t h e classical epoch. I t m a y be p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e c o m m e n t a r y contains also v e r y interesting r e m a r k s on p. 189 ff on „ c a d r e s économiques et s o c i a u x " espe-cially on t h e legal position of w o m e n a n d Christianity.
№ X X X I I I c o n t a i n s an a c c o u n t , № X X X I V a calculation t a b l e .
A. E . R . В о а к — H . С. Y о u t i е, Two Petitions from Karanis (Raccolta di scritti in onore di Girolamo Vitelli p. 317 f f ) .
T h e f i r s t p e t i t i o n (316 A. D.) is addressed t o a praepositus Aure-lius Gerontius b y AureAure-lius Isidorus against six fellow villagers for assault a n d r o b b e r y . H e alleges t h a t t h e m a l e f a c t o r s h a d no
