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especially t h a t of p r i v a t e physicians, t o which certain privileges are a t t a c h e d .
A. d ' O r s , P . Ryl. 654 y el "Anabolicum''' (Studi in on. U. E. Paoli, [1956] 259—267).
I n t h e a u t h o r ' s opinion this p a p y r u s is a f r a g m e n t of legal pro-ceedings f r o m t h e I V cent. A.D., concerning a claim against wea-vers obliged t o deliver t h e vestes militares.
B. A d a m s , Fragen altägyptischer Finanzverwaltung (nach Urkun-den des Alten und Mittleren Reiches) (1956) 109 p p .
Following a p r e f a c e t h e a u t h o r deals w i t h t h e conditions of life a n d d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e E g y p t i a n s t a t e , t h e cd.mr as one of t h e
earliest E g y p t i a n officer's grades, t h e " a c c o u n t s " , their objects a n d eventually t h e i r connexion w i t h t h e n u m b e r of cattle, t h e royal orders in t h e A n c i e n t E m p i r e , t h e E g y p t i a n duties a n d com-pulsory l a b o u r , t h e s y s t e m of t a x e s , t h e K a h u n - p a p y r i , t h e legal d o c u m e n t s of t h e P . Boulak 18, a n d reaches j u r i s t i c a n d archeolo-gical conclusions.
E v e r y papyrologist engaged in later era should read this work, w i t h greatest i n t e r e s t . I t has been edited u p o n t h e i n i t i a t i v e of E . S e i d l .
Ε . P . W e g e n e r , The entolai of Mettius Rufus ( P . Vindob. G. Inv. 25824, V—VI, 7): Note on A. Kränzhin's article in JJP VI (1952) pp. 195—237 (Symbolae R. Taubenschlag dedicatae = Eos 48, 1 [1956] 331—353).
I n t h i s article t h e a u t h o r d e m o n s t r a t e s w h a t is k n o w n of t h e liturgical s y s t e m in t h e 1st c e n t u r y A.D., a f t e r it h a d been i n t r o -duced i n t o E g y p t in t h e reign of the E m p e r o r Tiberius. She shows who is liable t o liturgies, a n d who is e x e m p t f r o m t h e m a n d dis-cusses t h e procedure of n o m i n a t i o n , as well as t h e place a n d period of office.·
P . M. F r a s e r , Graeco-Roman Egypt: Greek Inscriptions 1955 (JEA 42 [1956] 105—115).
