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o f the action. P. Y a l e I n v . 1528 and P. F o u a d 21 h a v e s h o w n that d o c u m e n t s cennected with the R o m a n a r m y could b e d r a w n u p in Greek.
V . A r a n g i o - R u i z , Frammenti papiracei di un''opera della giurisprudenza (Festschrift Fritz Schulz I I 1931 p p . 3 — 8 ) .
U n d e r this title A r a n g i o - R u i z publishes t w o small fragments f r o m a page o f a c o d e on a p a p y r u s of an u n k n o w n p r o v e -nience. It is a Latin papyrus bearing on its recto and its verso the remnants o f a legal w o r k . Certain terms in the t e x t lead one t o ascribe authorship o f the p a p y r u s to Ulpian. It deals with the fidei-commissa, y e t on the whole the w o r k does n o t appear to present a full treatise o n the subject b u t must be a s t u d y a n d analysis o f a practical case.
C l a i r e P r é a u x , Un ostracon du Möns Claudianus (Chronique d ' E g y p t e № 52 (1951) p p . 3 5 4 — 3 6 3 ) .
This is a c o p y o f an ostracon preserved in the British M u s e u m (P. 4587 A d d . 25.625). I n this ostracon dating f r o m Hadrian's e p o c h Ptolemais son o f Eirenaios acknowledges (1. 2 f f ) ομολογώ προκί-χρασΟαι τό κ ι βάριο ν μου κ [αϊ] ά[πό] τ[ψ.'/,]: ίματει(σμοϋ), φακοϋ ύπ[έρ] μην[ος "/οίαχ] w h i c h he will p a y b a c k to Gaion Cesarianos. T h e p o i n t in question is either a contract in f a v o u r o f a third person (cf. m y Law I p. 303) or the a p p o i n t m e n t o f a solutionis causa adie-ctus (cf. W e b e r , Unters, z. gr.-äg. Obligationenrecht p . 4 8 — 4 9 ) . R o g e r R e m o n d o n , Autour des quelques termes du P. Fouad
inédit inv. № 45 (Chronique d ' E g y p t e № 53 (1952) p. 196—204). T h e p a p y r u s c o m e s f r o m F a y o u m . It dates f r o m the years 1 8 9 — 2 1 1 A . D . and contains a c o m p l a i n t o f Satornilus a n d Ptolemaios pre-sented to the στατιωνάριος ό επί των τόπων i. e. to the military autho-rity garrisoning p r o b a b l y in the metropolis. T h e complainants relate that on their w a y f r o m the temple s o m e thieves assaulted t h e m and r o b b e d t h e m o f certain things (cf. m y Law I, 413). T h e author of the petition is Satornilus. H e is n o t of R o m a n origin, he m u s t b e a Greek or a G r e c o - E g y p t i a n f r e e d m a n w h o h a d o b t a i n e d latinitas, or a discharged veteran w h o was given civitas. T h u s he is in some respect latinized a n d e m p l o y s in the petition f o u r Latin words three of which could h a v e been replaced b y their Greek equivalents.
