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t h e lot of l a n d devolves on t h e m a n d a t o r n o t only till t h e n t h e m a n -d a t o r gives b a c k t h e price t o t h e b u y e r (cf. f o r t h e sale b y p r o x y in G r e c o - E g y p t i a n law m y Law I 233, 245). — I n № 26 ( V I I c e n t . B. C.) we h a v e a case in which a p p e a r s beside t h e p a r t i e s in t h e sale a t h i r d p e r s o n for w h o m t h e price h a s t o be covered (cf. a b o u t contractus in favorem tertii in the p a p y r i , m y Law I 303). I n v . 4 t h e „ e n l i g h t m e n t of t h e f a c e " is m e n t i o n e d . P e r h a p s it is connected as S a n N i c o l ö supposes w i t h a n act of establishing t h e a t t a c h -m e n t t o a social class p r o b a b l y in connection w i t h t h e f i r s t e-mploy- employ-m e n t of a c e r t a i n style of hair-dress t o employ-m a r k t h e close of childhood (cf. on t h e f i r s t - h a i r - c u t t i n g in t h e p a p y r i μελλοκουρ ία m y Law I 1116 β). — № 31 (611—10 B. C.) c o n t a i n s p e r h a p s a datio in solutum

in f o r m of a sale (cf. for t h e G r e c o - E g y p t i a n law m y Law I, 321). — T h e sale u p o n o a t h in № 32 (605—604 B. C.) r e m i n d s of similar sales in t h e G r e c o E g y p t i a n law (cf. S e i d l , Eid 90). — T h e p r o -mise of r e t u r n t h e price in t h e case of eviction in № 35 (666—65 B . C.) f i n d s its a n a l o g y i n G r e c o - E g y p t i a n law (cf. B e r g e r , Straf-klauseln 127, 137, 158). — F o r t h e giving in pledge of t h e son in № 53 (651 — 50 B. C.) see m y Law I 104. — F o r t h e mutua fideius-sio in № 55 (652—51 B . C.) a n d № 60 (628—27 B . C.) see m y Law I , 231-—2. F o r t h e obligatio omnium bonorum in № 64 (625—24 B. C.?) a n d № 71 (619—18 B . C.) cf. m y Law I 212. F o r t h e p r o m i s s o r y n o t e w i t h an antichresis on a p p a r t m e n t s in № 80 (628—27 B. C.) cf. m y Law I, 218. — F o r t h e bail s u r e t y for a t t e n d a n c e in court in № 82 (616—15 B. C.) cf. m y Law I 385. — On t h e locatio-con-ductio operis w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e t e m p l e g u a r d d u t y in № 83 (618—17 B. C.) cf. m y Law 284—5. — F i n a l l y t h e r e a d e r m y be referred t o t h e ordeals in № 84 (654—53 B. C.) a n d № 85 (652—51 B. C.). G B E E K P A P Y R I F R O M T H E P T O L E M A I C P E R I O D T . R e c k m a n s — Ε . V a n ' t D a c k , A Bodleian Archive on Corn-Transport (Chronique d ' E g y p t e № 53, 1952 p . 148—195). T h e d o c u m e n t s of this archive d a t e f r o m 163 B . C. a n d deal with t h e river t r a n s p o r t of g r a i n t o t h e t h e s a u r o s a t Syene, προς τα μετρή-ματα των επί των τόπων στρατιωτών. T h e archive brings n e w d a t a on t h e s t a t e t r a n s p o r t of grain b y w a t e r . I t can be s u m m a r i z e d in f o u r p o i n t s : T h e sitologos w h o dispatches t h e w h e a t s e n t a certi-f i c a t e ocerti-f s h i p m e n t t o t h e consignee ocerti-f t h e cargo, t h e sitologos ocerti-f

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t h e t h e s a u r o s a t Svene, Apollonios cf. № 1—4 a n d 11—15. H e also sent a n o t i f i c a t i o n of s h i p m e n t to t h e c e n t r a l sitologos a n d t r a -pezites of t h e T h e b a i s , Lysimachos cf. № 5—8 a n d 16—21. On some occasions t h e consignee was r e p r e s e n t e d a t t h e u n l o a d i n g of a ship b y a sort of h a r b o u r m a s t e r , P a n i s k o s . I n t h e s e cases t h e l a t t e r h a d t o r e p o r t t o t h e consignee (cf. № 1 v . 8 — 9 ; cf. also c o m m . № 4 v. 21—23, i n t r o d . № 9 a n d c o m m . № 27) a n d also — a t least in some cases — t o t h e c e n t r a l a c c o u n t a n c y office (cf. № 4 v . 17—19). I n case of shipwreck a n d t r a n s h i p m e n t a r e p o r t was sent t o t h e consignee of t h e cargo, Apollonios, t o enable h i m to give t h e ne-cessary i n s t r u c t i o n s t o t h e oikonomos a n d t h e h a r b o u r m a s t e r (cf. № 10).

M a r i e T h é r è s e L e n g e r , Contribution à un Corpus de la Legislation Ptolémaique (Réédition c o m m e n t é e de P . P e t r . I I I , 20 recto col. 4 — verso = W . Chr. 250) (Chronique d ' E g y p t e № 53, p . 218—246).

I n her new edition of P e t r . I I I , 20 recto col. 4 verso Miss L e n · g e r has e m e n d e d several passages b y r e c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e missing words. T h e t e x t edited b y her differs in a f e w details f r o m t h a t of W i 1 с к е п. Miss L e η g e r ' s article, besides a c o m m e n t a r y , includes six ordinances a n n e x e d t o p a r t i c u l a r pieces of a law- suit which was h e a r d in t h e second y e a r of t h e reign of P t o l e m y E u e r -getes I on t h e charge of an illegal o c c u p a t i o n of a s t a t h m o s . H e r e a r e also discussed such d a t a as t h e d a t e s of issue, specified pro-visions a n d s a n c t i o n .

Z a k i A l y , A Propos of a Greek Inscription from Hermopolis Magna ( A n n u a l of t h e B r i t i s h School in A t h e n s 46, (1951) p p . 219/231).

T h e a u t h o r publishes a f r a g m e n t of a P t o l e m a i c stele discovered a t t h e G e r m a n e x c a v a t i o n s of A s h m o u n e i n a n d n o w p r e s e r v e d in t h e M u s e u m of t h e F a r o u k I U n i v e r s i t y in A l e x a n d r i a .

I n f a c t , this d o c u m e n t h a s been a l r e a d y k n o w n . Z u c k e r h a d published it in his „Nachträge zur Doppelinschrift aus spätptole-mäischer Zeit aus der Garnison von Hermopolis Magna (Abh. Preuss. A k a d . d. Wiss. 1937 phil-hist. Kl. № 6, 1938). H e a s c e r t a i n e d t h a t this f r a g m e n t of t h e stele belonged to a n inscription d a t e d J a n u a r y 25, 78 B. C. a n d f o u n d in 1932, in H e r m o p o l i s M a g n a , b y G e i m a n e x c a v a t o r s .